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Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-795-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-795-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
Research article
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10 Mar 2026
Research article |  | 10 Mar 2026

How accurately do engineering methods capture floating wind turbine performance and wake? A critical perspective using multi-fidelity simulations

Stefano Cioni, Francesco Papi, Pier Francesco Melani, Alessandro Fontanella, Agnese Firpo, Andrea Giuseppe Sanvito, Giacomo Persico, Vincenzo Dossena, Sara Muggiasca, Marco Belloli, and Alessandro Bianchini

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A multi-fidelity approach is leveraged to investigate the capabilities of engineering models to capture the wake dynamics of a wind turbine model under imposed motion. In contrast to previous studies, many more different operating conditions have been investigated, including surge, pitch, yaw, and wind–wave misalignment cases; moreover, numerical methods are here consistently applied to the same test cases, which are part of the first experimental round of the NETTUNO project.
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