Design and Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of Offshore Multi-Module Floating Docks

THE USAGE OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS IN HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF FLOATING OFFSHORE PLATFORMS

Floating offshore structures, particularly floating oil production, storage and offloading systems (FPSOs) are still in great demand, both in small and large reservoirs, for deployment in deep water. The prediction of such vessels’ responses to her environmental loading over her lifetime is now often undertaken using response-based design methodology, although the approach is still in its...

Design of Large Scale Hydrodynamic Models of Offshore Structures

This paper discusses the design of hydrodynamically scaled models of offshore structures subjected to wave loading. A considerable amount of engineering design and analysis is required to ensure the high performance of a model/dynamometer system, especially when dealing with large scale models (for example, 1:40). The system is designed to be as rigid as possible so that the dynamometer measure...

Effect of Platform Surge Motion on the Performance of 5MW NREL Offshore Floating Wind Turbine

In this study, an unsteady aerodynamic simulation is performed to realize the influences of platform surge motion on the aerodynamic performance of a high capacity offshore floating wind turbine. A dynamic model with pitch angle control system is utilized to propose a more realistic model of wind turbine and also achieve the rated condition of the rotor. The transient effect of platform surge m...

Effects of Second-Order Hydrodynamic Forces on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Performance analysis of individual blade pitch control of offshore wind turbines on two floating platforms

Individual blade pitch state space (IBP SS) control and disturbance accommodating control (DAC) that reject wind speed perturbations are applied on a 5 MW wind turbine mounted on the barge and tension leg floating platforms for performance comparison in above rated wind speed region. The DAC used in this study is simply an IBP SS controller with a wind speed disturbance rejection component. For...