Methodology for global structural load effect analysis of the semi-submersible hull of floating wind turbines under still water, wind, and wave loads

• Published in: Marine structures Vol. 91; p. 103463
• Main Authors: Wang, Shuaishuai, Moan, Torgeir, Gao, Zhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Floating wind turbine; Global structural load effects; Load transfer; Semi-submersible hull structure; Still water; Time domain hydrodynamic analysis; Wind, and wave loads; Floating wind turbine; Global structural load effects; Time domain hydrodynamic analysis; Wind, and wave loads; Still water; Semi-submersible hull structure; Load transfer

In designing the support structures of floating wind turbines (FWTs), a key challenge is to determine the load effects (at the cross-sectional load and stress level). This is because FWTs are subjected to complex global, local, static, and dynamic loads in stochastic environmental conditions. Up to...