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Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-839-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-839-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
Research article
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19 Mar 2026
Research article |  | 19 Mar 2026

Development of a hardware-in-the-loop wind tunnel setup to study the aerodynamic response of floating offshore wind turbines

Federico Taruffi and Axelle Viré

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Floating wind turbines are subject to complex aerodynamics that are not yet fully understood. Lab-scale experiments are crucial for capturing these phenomena and validating numerical tools, but due to the different physics, this is difficult with traditional approaches. This paper presents a new, hybrid wind tunnel experimental setup capable of reproducing the coupled aerodynamic and motion response of floating wind turbines.
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