Experimental and Numerical Study on the Characteristics of Motion and Load for a Floating Solar Power Farm under Regular Waves

Recently, the demand for floating solar power farms in lakes and coasts (rather than on land) has been increasing rapidly. It is important to develop a numerical analysis technique that considers environmental conditions predict structural stability accurate motion response while designing farm. In this study, we performed comparison under similar those of Inha University towing tank (IUTT) model test verify method. The results revealed heave pitch movements were dominant head sea conditions. Relative behavior occurred because hinge connection each unit, complex characteristics appeared depending wave method was verified based load validity also confirmed.