Quantifying the impact of modeling fidelity on different substructure concepts – Part 2: Code-to-code comparison in realistic environmental conditions

Papi, Francesco; Troise, Giancarlo; Behrens de Luna, Robert; Saverin, Joseph; Perez-Becker, Sebastian; Marten, David; Ducasse, Marie-Laure; Bianchini, Alessandro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-981-2024

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-981-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-981-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Research article

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22 Apr 2024

Research article |

| 22 Apr 2024

Quantifying the impact of modeling fidelity on different substructure concepts – Part 2: Code-to-code comparison in realistic environmental conditions

Francesco Papi, Giancarlo Troise, Robert Behrens de Luna, Joseph Saverin, Sebastian Perez-Becker, David Marten, Marie-Laure Ducasse, and Alessandro Bianchini

Data sets

Deliverable 2.3 Design Load Case Database for Code-to-Code Comparison F. Papi et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7254241

Deliverable 2.1 Aero-hydro-elastic model definition - OC5 5MW MSWT R. Behrens De Luna https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6397352

Deliverable 2.1 Aero-hydro-elastic model definition - SOFTWIND 10 MW FOWT (wave-tank SIL version S. Perez-Becker et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6397358

Deliverable 2.1 Aero-hydro-elastic model definition - DTU 10MW RWT Hexafloat S. Perez-Becker and R. Behrens de Luna https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6397313

An Open-Source Procedure to Derive Met-Ocean Conditions for the Simulation of Floating Wind Turbines F. Papi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10102696

D2.3. Design Load Case Database for Code-to-Code Comparison F. Papi et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7817707

Model code and software

An Open-source Procedure to Derive Met-ocean Conditions for the Simulation of Floating Wind Turbines 1.1.0 F. Papi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10102696

Short summary

Wind turbines need to be simulated for thousands of hours to estimate design loads. Mid-fidelity numerical models are typically used for this task to strike a balance between computational cost and accuracy. The considerable displacements of floating wind turbines may be a challenge for some of these models. This paper enhances comprehension of how modeling theories affect floating wind turbine loads by comparing three codes across three turbines, simulated in a real environment.