OC5 Project Phase II: Validation of Global Loads of the DeepCwind Floating Semisubmersible Wind Turbine
Author/s
Robertson, Amy N.; Wendt, Fabian; Jonkman, Jason M.; Popko, Wojciech; Dagher, Habib; [et al.]Date
2017-10Keywords
Floating offshore wind turbine
DeepCwind semisubmersible
Numerical modeling
Verifcation
Validation
IEA Wind
Abstract
This paper summarizes the findings from Phase II of the Offshore Code Comparison,
Collaboration, Continued, with Correlation project. The project is run under the
International Energy Agency Wind Research Task 30, and is focused on validating the
tools used for modeling offshore wind systems through the comparison of simulated
responses of select system designs to physical test data. Validation activities such as
these lead to improvement of offshore wind modeling tools, which will enable the
development of more innovative and cost-effective offshore wind designs. For Phase II
of the project, numerical models of the DeepCwind floating semisubmersible wind
system were validated using measurement data from a 1/50th-scale validation campaign
performed at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands offshore wave basin.
Validation of the models was performed by comparing the calculated ultimate and
fatigue loads for eight different wave-only and combined wind/wave test cases ...
Type
conference output