Loads and dynamics analysis of a downwind offshore floating wind turbine

• Main Author: Koh, Jian Hao
• Other Authors: Ng Yin Kwee, Eddie
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Alternative, renewable energy sources; DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aerodynamics; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72314
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Current offshore wind turbine designs are basic concepts using standard upwind land-based wind turbines 'marinised' using a platform from the offshore oil and gas industry with additional anticorrosion and structural stiffness. This design conservatism is present to avoid significant chang...