TY - GEN
T1 - Wave response experiment on SPAR-type floating bodies for offshore wind turbine
AU - Utsunomiya, Tomoaki
AU - Nishida, Eitaro
AU - Sato, Iku
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The development of a cost-effective wind turbine system of floating-type is of interest in the renewable energy industry. A study on the SPAR-type floating foundations using reinforced concrete was carried out. Regular and irregular wave experiments were performed for 1/100 scale models of the prototypes. Three models were examined, i.e., a uniform cylinder moored at the gravity center, a uniform cylinder moored at the upper position, and a stepped-type floating cylinder moored at the upper position. Higher attachment of the mooring lines gave smaller response in pitch. The stepped-type SPAR had smaller response characteristics in heave and pitch than the simple SPAR. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2009 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (Osaka, Japan 6/21-26/2009).
AB - The development of a cost-effective wind turbine system of floating-type is of interest in the renewable energy industry. A study on the SPAR-type floating foundations using reinforced concrete was carried out. Regular and irregular wave experiments were performed for 1/100 scale models of the prototypes. Three models were examined, i.e., a uniform cylinder moored at the gravity center, a uniform cylinder moored at the upper position, and a stepped-type floating cylinder moored at the upper position. Higher attachment of the mooring lines gave smaller response in pitch. The stepped-type SPAR had smaller response characteristics in heave and pitch than the simple SPAR. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2009 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (Osaka, Japan 6/21-26/2009).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:73849098748
SN - 9781880653531
T3 - Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
BT - The Proceedings of the 19th (2009) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
T2 - 19th (2009) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
Y2 - 21 June 2009 through 26 June 2009
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