This paper documents the round robin testing campaign carried out on a floating wind turbine as part of EU H2020 MaRINET2 project. A 1/60th scale model 10 MW platform was tested in wave basins four different locations around Europe. The tests each facility included decay tests, regular and irregular waves with without thrust, to characterise mooring system well itself. For wind, only thrust con...

As the siting of wind turbines increasingly transitions from shallow water to offshore deep-water locations, improving platform stability floating is becoming a growing concern. By coupling porous shell commonly used in traditional marine structures, with FOWT (floating turbine platform), new spar-buoy was designed. A numerical model investigating effect aero-hydro-mooring system developed, and...

Background As UCLA residents, we have the privilege of operating at 4 separate hospitals, each of them with a different phacoemulsification platform. Understanding the various phaco settings and occlusion surge minimizing features of each platform helps us maintain safety and efficiency as we rotate through our multiple hospitals. Currently, the Centurion system (Alcon, Fort Worth, Texas) is be...

A motion protection system is designed for a parallel motion platform with subsided cabin. Due to its complex structure, parallel mechanism is easy to encounter interference problems including link length limits, joints limits and self-collision. Thus a virtual spring algorithm in operational space is developed for the motion protection system to avoid potential damages caused by interference. ...

This paper introduces the indicators for surge arrester condition assessment based on the leakage current analysis. Maximum amplitude of fundamental harmonic of the resistive leakage current, maximum amplitude of third harmonic of the resistive leakage current and maximum amplitude of fundamental harmonic of the capacitive leakage current were used as indicators for surge arrester condition mon...