The main challenge in designing offshore renewable energy structures is to ensure their
structural integrity on a life cycle basis while operating in harsh environments and, in …

A fully coupled hydro-servo-aero-elastic simulator for the analysis of floating offshore wind
turbines (FOWTs) is presented. All physical aspects are addressed, and the corresponding …

The present paper deals with the development of a multi-purpose floating tension leg
platform (TLP) concept suitable for the combined offshore wind and wave energy resources …

This paper summarizes the coupled hydro-aero-elastic analysis of a multi-purpose floating
structure suitable for offshore wind and wave energy exploitation. The analysis incorporates …

This paper presents the coupled analysis performed in the frequency and time domain,
considering a multi-purpose floating structure suitable for offshore wind and wave energy …

Monotonic and cyclic loading experiments are performed on 1/6-scale stiffened steel joints
representing the welded connection between the tubular braces and the vertical cylinders of …

The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the coupled hydroaeroelastic problem for a TLP
design of a floating structure consisting of multiple vertical truncated cylinders which support …

The paper presents numerical analyses of a pile supported Tension Leg Platform (TLP) wind
turbine, during seismic loading and seabed liquefaction, taking consistently into account the …

The response of pile supported Tension Leg Platforms during seismic loading and seabed
liquefaction is analyzed numerically, taking consistently into account the pile-tendon …

The present Ph. D. thesis aims at developing simulation tools for the integrated analysis of
offshore wind turbines detailed in two parts. The first part concludes hGAST, a general fully …