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Influence of the inflow conditions on the dynamics of a floating wind turbine wake under harmonic surge motion
Dimas Alejandro Barile
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ingeniería, Av. Paseo Colón 850, Buenos Aires, C1063ACV, Argentina
CONICET, Centro de Simulación Computacional para Aplicaciones Tecnológicas, Godoy Cruz 2390, Buenos Aires, C1425FQD, Argentina
Roberto Sosa
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ingeniería, Av. Paseo Colón 850, Buenos Aires, C1063ACV, Argentina
CONICET – INTECIN, Av. Paseo Colón 850, Buenos Aires, C1063ACV, Argentina
Sandrine Aubrun
Nantes Université, École Centrale Nantes, CNRS, LHEEA, UMR 6598, 44000 Nantes, France
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ingeniería, Av. Paseo Colón 850, Buenos Aires, C1063ACV, Argentina
CONICET, Centro de Simulación Computacional para Aplicaciones Tecnológicas, Godoy Cruz 2390, Buenos Aires, C1425FQD, Argentina
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Short summary
Floating offshore wind turbines experience platform surge motion that alters wake dynamics and generates vortex structures. This study uses large eddy simulations with an actuator disk to analyse these structures under laminar, turbulent and atmospheric boundary layer inflows. Proper orthogonal decomposition reveals peak vortex energy at specific Strouhal numbers, with lower energy and faster decay under atmospheric conditions. Meandering and wake modulation are dependent on inflow conditions.
Floating offshore wind turbines experience platform surge motion that alters wake dynamics and...
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