Articles | Volume 8, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1659-2023
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.On the characteristics of the wake of a wind turbine undergoing large motions caused by a floating structure: an insight based on experiments and multi-fidelity simulations from the OC6 project Phase III
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- Final revised paper (published on 10 Nov 2023)
- Preprint (discussion started on 06 Mar 2023)
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RC1: 'Comment on wes-2023-21', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 May 2023
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Alessandro Bianchini, 03 Aug 2023
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RC2: 'Comment on wes-2023-21', Alois Schaffarczyk, 15 Jun 2023
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Alessandro Bianchini, 03 Aug 2023
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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Alessandro Bianchini on behalf of the Authors (03 Aug 2023)
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Aug 2023) by Johan Meyers
RR by Alois Schaffarczyk (16 Aug 2023)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Sep 2023)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Sep 2023) by Johan Meyers

AR by Alessandro Bianchini on behalf of the Authors (20 Sep 2023)
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ED: Publish as is (26 Sep 2023) by Johan Meyers

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Sep 2023) by Sandrine Aubrun (Chief editor)

AR by Alessandro Bianchini on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2023)
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Review of the manuscript “On the characteristics of the wake of a wind turbine undergoing large motions caused by a floating structure: an insight based on experiments and multi-fidelity simulations from the OC6 Phase III Project”.
In this manuscript, the characteristics of the wake and tip vortices of a floating wind turbine calculated by numerical simulations are compared to experiments in a wind tunnel. It is a continuation of previous studies that investigated the experimental results and compared to simulations with different levels of fidelity. The results are also compared to a linear model. The simulations show different levels of agreement, which is discussed in the paper. Discussion of the results in an appropriate level is presented.
A well-performed experiment and comparison with numerical simulations is of high relevance to the study of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). The effort put into generating the data and compiling it in a comprehensive paper is remarkable. This manuscript is a valuable contribution to the topic and suitable for publication in WES.
Nevertheless, there is room for improvement. It is worth noting that the authors are comparing quantities that are difficult to measure accurately, for this reason the order of magnitude of the uncertainties might relevant. For this manuscript to become a work that can be used as a reference study, it is important to make clear the uncertainties of the experimental data. Additionally, there are minor issues that should be improved. Therefore, I believe the authors should revise the paper taking into consideration the following comments:
Some typos and other presentation comments: