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Articles | Volume 9, issue 10
Articles | Volume 9, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1941-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1941-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 10
Research article
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16 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2024

Low-uncertainty wave tank testing and validation of numerical methods for floating offshore wind turbines

Christian W. Schulz, Stefan Netzband, Philip D. Knipper, and Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud

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The ability to perform reliable simulations of the motion behaviour of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is a key requirement for developing resource- and cost-effective designs. To support the development of suitable simulation methods, multiple improvements to the validation process of such methods are presented. These improvements allow, for the first time, the transient aerodynamic loads acting on a FOWT in a wave tank experiment to be directly compared with simulations.
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