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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1169-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1169-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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09 Sep 2021
Research article |
| 09 Sep 2021
| 09 Sep 2021
UNAFLOW: a holistic wind tunnel experiment about the aerodynamic response of floating wind turbines under imposed surge motion
Alessandro Fontanella
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Mechanical Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan, Italy
Ilmas Bayati
Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), Wageningen, 6708 PM, the Netherlands
Robert Mikkelsen
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Wind Energy, Lyngby, Denmark
Marco Belloli
Mechanical Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan, Italy
Alberto Zasso
Mechanical Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- Study on the near Wake Aerodynamic Characteristics of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine under Combined Surge and Pitch Motion S. Leng et al. 10.3390/en17030744
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Short summary
The scale model wind tunnel experiment presented in this paper investigated the aerodynamic response of a floating turbine subjected to imposed surge motion. The problem is studied under different aspects, from airfoil aerodynamics to wake, in a coherent manner. Results show quasi-static behavior for reduced frequencies lower than 0.5 and possible unsteadiness for higher surge motion frequencies. Data are made available to the public for future verification and calibration of numerical models.
The scale model wind tunnel experiment presented in this paper investigated the aerodynamic...
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