Abstract
Development of offshore wind energy is desired as a countermeasure against global warming. This article presents motion analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine during the rotor-rotation under wind loads. A 2 MW downwind turbine is mounted on a floating foundation of the spar-type. The wind loads acting on the rotor blades are calculated using the blade element momentum theory. The multibody dynamics system theory is employed to consider the effect of the rotor-rotation. As a result, the motion of yaw, sway and roll are generated due to the effect of the gyro-moment for the rotor-rotation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 268-279 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Mechanics
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering