Multi-objective optimization and dynamic response predictions of an articulated offshore wind turbine

P Zhang, Y Li, Y Tang, R Zhang, H Li, J Gu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, a compliant articulated offshore wind turbine (AOWT) is proposed to
operate in the transitional water depth area and a three-objective optimization mathematical …

Experimental investigation of the hydro-elastic response of a spar-type floating offshore wind turbine

V Leroy, S Delacroix, A Merrien, EE Bachynski-Polić… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the size of floating wind turbines continues to increase, floating platforms reach
dimensions that make their elastic and hydro-elastic behaviour significant. Several works in …

A new Gaussian Process based model for non-linear wave loading on vertical cylinders

T Tang, G Ryan, H Ding, X Chen, J Zang, PH Taylor… - Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
We aim to establish a fast and accurate model for fast prediction of nonlinear loading on
vertical cylinders such as are typically used for fixed offshore wind turbines. We follow a …

Ultimate load analysis of a 10 MW offshore monopile wind turbine incorporating fully nonlinear irregular wave kinematics

S Wang, TJ Larsen, H Bredmose - Marine Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Loads from storm waves can in some cases be dimensioning for offshore wind turbine
substructures. Accurate determination of nonlinear wave loads is therefore important for a …

Generation of highly nonlinear irregular waves in a wave flume experiment: Spurious harmonics and their effect on the wave spectrum

F Pierella, H Bredmose, M Dixen - Coastal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Spurious harmonics generation can occur in wave basins when strongly nonlinear waves
are generated with linear wave maker theory. For regular long crested waves, the …

A weak-scatterer potential flow theory-based model for the hydroelastic analysis of offshore wind turbine substructures

V Leroy, EE Bachynski-Polić, A Babarit, P Ferrant… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines the hydroelastic response of a monopile structure, supporting an
offshore wind turbine. A new numerical simulation tool is presented, coupling a nonlinear …

Numerical and experimental study of internal solitary wave loads on tension leg platforms

X Wang, J Zhou - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2021 - Springer
With the large-scale density stratified tank and the numerical flume proposed, series of
numerical cases in line with the experiments are carried out to investigate the interaction …

The DeRisk database: Extreme design waves for offshore wind turbines

F Pierella, O Lindberg, H Bredmose, HB Bingham… - Marine Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The estimation of extreme loads from waves is an essential part of the design of offshore
wind turbines. Standard design codes suggest either to use simplified methodologies based …

Semi-analytical load models describing the progressive immersion of a fixed vertical cylinder in a breaking wave

P Renaud, MB Martin, F Hulin, JC Harris, JF Filipot… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is part of the DIMPACT (Design of floating wind turbines and impacts of energetic
steep and breaking waves) project concerning slamming loads on floating offshore wind …

Higher-harmonic contributions to surface elevation, kinematics, and wave loads in wave packets across an abrupt depth transition

CS Moss, DM Schultz, B Parkes, Y Li, S Draycott - Coastal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
The evolution of narrow-banded wave packets across an abrupt depth transition is
examined using both laboratory experiments and a fully nonlinear potential-flow model …