CFD Simulations of a Newly Developed Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform using OpenFOAM

Hamid Sarlak Chivaee, Antonio Manuel Pegalajar Jurado, Henrik Bredmose

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    Abstract

    The development of floating offshore wind farms relies on the efficient design of floating wind turbine platforms. In this paper, we present validations of two-phase flow simulations of the newly developed LIFES50+ OO-Star Wind Floater Semi 10 MW (OO-Star floater) (W. Yu, K. Müller, 2018) using the open source toolbox OpenFOAM. Free decay simulations of the platform are performed and cross-validated against a FAST model (Pegalajar-Jurado, Bredmose, et al., 2018; PegalajarJurado, Madsen, et al., 2018). Further, the forcing on the fixed platform and the loads on the free and moored platform in regular waves are analysed and generally, a very good agreement is seen for the natural frequency, magnitude of
    damping and trend of increased damping for larger motion amplitude.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication date2018
    Number of pages5
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Event21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    Duration: 10 Dec 201813 Dec 2018

    Conference

    Conference21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
    LocationUniversity of Adelaide
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityAdelaide
    Period10/12/201813/12/2018

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