Dynamics of hybrid offshore renewable energy platforms: Heaving point absorbers connected to a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine

LSP da Silva, NY Sergiienko, B Cazzolato, B Ding - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybrid platforms composed of a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) and wave energy
converters (WECs) may possibly reduce the levelised cost of energy of both energy …

Statistical linearisation of a nonlinear floating offshore wind turbine under random waves and winds

LSP Da Silva, M de Oliveira, B Cazzolato… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the stochastic nonlinear dynamics of a floating offshore wind turbine
(FOWT) in the frequency-domain under irregular waves and turbulent winds. The main …

Mooring system stiffness: A six-degree-of-freedom closed-form analytical formulation

GA Amaral, CP Pesce, GR Franzini - Marine Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
A mooring system project is an iterative process, involving design and analysis with
numerous parameters. In this context, analytical tools can help to reduce the use of …

Generalized Quasi-Static Mooring System Modeling with Analytic Jacobians

M Hall - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a generalized and efficient method for quasi-static analysis of mooring
systems, including complex scenarios such as when shared mooring lines interconnect …

Effect of heave plates on the wave motion of a flexible multicolumn FOWT

T Takata, M Takaoka, H Houtani, K Hara, S Oh… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three models with different footing types were used to clarify the effect of heave plates on
the hydrodynamic behavior of the elastic response of a flexible multicolumn floating offshore …

Wave and wind responses of a very-light fowt with guy-wired-supported tower: Numerical and experimental studies

H Suzuki, H Shiohara, A Schnepf, H Houtani… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
A floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) concept with a guy-wire-supported tower was
investigated to obtain motion results in waves considering its elastic model characteristics …

Experimental flow-induced motions of a FOWT semi-submersible type (OC4 phase II floater)

RT Gonçalves, MEF Chame… - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Flow-induced motions (FIM) are an issue for floating offshore structures, such as multi-
column platforms, as the phenomenon can decrease the fatigue life of the mooring, riser …

[HTML][HTML] Seakeeping tests of a FOWT in wind and waves: An analysis of dynamic coupling effects and their impact on the predictions of pitch motion response

GA Amaral, PC Mello, LHS do Carmo… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present work highlights some of the dynamic couplings observed in a series of tests
performed in a wave basin with a scaled-model of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) …

Dynamic behavior of a flexible multi-column FOWT in regular waves

T Takata, M Takaoka, RT Gonçalves, H Houtani… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A tank experiment using a flexible multi-column floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) model
in regular waves was carried out to clarify the floater elastic response and its influence on …

A second-order slender-body approach for computing wave induced forces with application to a simplified semi-submersible FOWT model

LHS Carmo, AN Simos, PC de Mello - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a slender-body approximation to evaluate the first-and second-order
wave loads acting on a floating structure comprised of slender cylinders. It combines …