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08 Jul 2024
Comparison of different cross-sectional approaches for the structural design and optimization of composite wind turbine blades based on beam models
Edgar Werthen, Daniel Hardt, Claudio Balzani, and Christian Hühne
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1465–1481, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1465-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1465-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (10 comments)
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30 Nov 2023
Wake characteristics of a balloon wind turbine and aerodynamic analysis of its balloon using a large eddy simulation and actuator disk model
Aref Ehteshami and Mostafa Varmazyar
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1771–1793, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1771-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1771-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (10 comments)
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16 Jan 2024
Nonlinear vibration characteristics of virtual mass systems for wind turbine blade fatigue testing
Aiguo Zhou, Jinlei Shi, Tao Dong, Yi Ma, and Zhenhui Weng
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 49–64, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-49-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-49-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (9 comments)
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15 Mar 2024
Numerical model for noise reduction of small vertical-axis wind turbines
Wen-Yu Wang and Yuh-Ming Ferng
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 651–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-651-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-651-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (8 comments)
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07 May 2024
Meteorological Impacts of Offshore Wind Turbines as Simulated in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Daphne Quint, Julie K. Lundquist, Nicola Bodini, and David Rosencrans
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-53,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-53, 2024
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 7 comments)
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03 May 2024
Going beyond BEM with BEM: an insight into dynamic inflow effects on floating wind turbines
Francesco Papi, Jason Jonkman, Amy Robertson, and Alessandro Bianchini
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1069–1088, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1069-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1069-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (7 comments)
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04 Apr 2024
Challenges in Detecting Wind Turbine Power Loss: The Effects of Blade Erosion, Turbulence and Time Averaging
Tahir H. Malik and Christian Bak
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-35,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-35, 2024
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 7 comments)
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14 Mar 2024
Seasonal variability of wake impacts on US mid-Atlantic offshore wind plant power production
David Rosencrans, Julie K. Lundquist, Mike Optis, Alex Rybchuk, Nicola Bodini, and Michael Rossol
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 555–583, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-555-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-555-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (7 comments)
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08 Jan 2024
Grand challenges of Wind Energy Science – Meeting the needs and services of the power system
Mark O’Malley, Hannele Holttinen, Nicolaos Cutululis, Til Kristian Vrana, Jennifer King, Vahan Gevorgian, Xiongfei Wang, Fatemeh Rajaei-Najafabadi, and Andreas Hadjileonidas
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-179,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-179, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 7 comments)
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02 Jul 2024
Repair of wind turbine blades: Experience and observations from India – A Review
Refugine Nirmal Ignacy Muthu, Leon Mishnaevsky Jr., Saravanakumar Savadaiyan, Thamodharan Krishnaraj, Anthonyraj Premkumar S, Mohammed Farook S, and Kadhirvel Boopathi
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-55,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-55, 2024
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 6 comments)
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14 Jun 2024
Swinging motion of a kite with suspended control unit flying turning manoeuvres
Mark Schelbergen and Roland Schmehl
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1323–1344, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1323-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1323-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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31 May 2024
Dynamic analysis of the tensegrity structure of a rotary airborne wind energy machine
Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, Álvaro Cerrillo-Vacas, Daniel Unterweger, and Christof Beaupoil
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1273–1287, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1273-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1273-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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30 May 2024
Wind tunnel investigations of an individual pitch control strategy for wind farm power optimization
Franz V. Mühle, Florian M. Heckmeier, Filippo Campagnolo, and Christian Breitsamter
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1251–1271, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1251-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1251-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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22 May 2024
Wind farm layout optimisation including meandering correction and momentum conserving superposition
Daniel Sukhman, Jan Bartl, Thomas H. Hansen, and Gloria Stenfelt
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-62,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-62, 2024
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08 May 2024
Optimizing offshore wind export cable routing using GIS-based environmental heat maps
Joni Thomas Backstrom, Nicholas Mark Warden, and Colleen Marie Walsh
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1105–1121, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1105-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1105-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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08 Apr 2024
Investigating the interactions between wakes and floating wind turbines using FAST.Farm
Lucas Carmo, Jason Jonkman, and Regis Thedin
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-40,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-40, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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05 Apr 2024
Review of rolling contact fatigue life calculation for oscillating bearings and application-dependent recommendations for use
Oliver Menck and Matthias Stammler
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 777–798, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-777-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-777-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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26 Mar 2024
Offshore low-level jet observations and model representation using lidar buoy data off the California coast
Lindsay M. Sheridan, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, William I. Gustafson Jr., Ye Liu, Brian J. Gaudet, Nicola Bodini, Rob K. Newsom, and Mikhail Pekour
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 741–758, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-741-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-741-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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04 Mar 2024
Full-Scale Wind Turbine Performance Assessment: A Study of Aerodynamic Degradation and Operational Influences
Tahir H. Malik and Christian Bak
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-21,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-21, 2024
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07 Feb 2024
Speeding up large-wind-farm layout optimization using gradients, parallelization, and a heuristic algorithm for the initial layout
Rafael Valotta Rodrigues, Mads Mølgaard Pedersen, Jens Peter Schøler, Julian Quick, and Pierre-Elouan Réthoré
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 321–341, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-321-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-321-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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12 Jan 2024
Field-data-based validation of an aero-servo-elastic solver for high-fidelity large-eddy simulations of industrial wind turbines
Etienne Muller, Simone Gremmo, Félix Houtin-Mongrolle, Bastien Duboc, and Pierre Bénard
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 25–48, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-25-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-25-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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27 Nov 2023
Mesoscale weather systems and associated potential wind power variations in a mid-latitude sea strait (Kattegat)
Jérôme Neirynck, Jonas Van de Walle, Ruben Borgers, Sebastiaan Jamaer, Johan Meyers, Ad Stoffelen, and Nicole P. M. van Lipzig
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-116,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-116, 2023
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 6 comments)
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07 Sep 2023
Numerical study of the unsteady blade root aerodynamics of a 2 MW wind turbine equipped with vortex generators
Ferdinand Seel, Thorsten Lutz, and Ewald Krämer
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1369–1385, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1369-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1369-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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25 Aug 2023
Enabling control co-design of the next generation of wind power plants
Andrew P. J. Stanley, Christopher J. Bay, and Paul Fleming
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1341–1350, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1341-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1341-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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24 Aug 2023
Damping analysis of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs): a new control strategy reducing the platform vibrations
Matteo Capaldo and Paul Mella
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1319–1339, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1319-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1319-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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08 Aug 2023
Uncertainty quantification of structural blade parameters for the aeroelastic damping of wind turbines: a code-to-code comparison
Hendrik Verdonck, Oliver Hach, Jelmer D. Polman, Otto Braun, Claudio Balzani, Sarah Müller, and Johannes Rieke
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-80,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-80, 2023
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 6 comments)
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01 Aug 2023
Stochastic gradient descent for wind farm optimization
Julian Quick, Pierre-Elouan Rethore, Mads Mølgaard Pedersen, Rafael Valotta Rodrigues, and Mikkel Friis-Møller
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1235–1250, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1235-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1235-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (6 comments)
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26 Jun 2024
The rotor as a sensor – observing shear and veer from the operational data of a large wind turbine
Marta Bertelè, Paul J. Meyer, Carlo R. Sucameli, Johannes Fricke, Anna Wegner, Julia Gottschall, and Carlo L. Bottasso
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1419–1429, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1419-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1419-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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24 May 2024
Estimating Long-Term Annual Energy Production of a Large Offshore Wind Farm from Large-Eddy Simulations: Methods and Validation with a 10-Year Simulation
Bernard Postema, Remco Verzijlbergh, Pim van Dorp, Peter Baas, and Harm Jonker
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-54,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-54, 2024
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15 May 2024
Aerodynamic characterisation of a thrust-scaled IEA 15 MW wind turbine model: experimental insights using PIV data
Erik Fritz, André Ribeiro, Koen Boorsma, and Carlos Ferreira
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1173–1187, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1173-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1173-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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29 Apr 2024
OC6 project Phase IV: validation of numerical models for novel floating offshore wind support structures
Roger Bergua, Will Wiley, Amy Robertson, Jason Jonkman, Cédric Brun, Jean-Philippe Pineau, Quan Qian, Wen Maoshi, Alec Beardsell, Joshua Cutler, Fabio Pierella, Christian Anker Hansen, Wei Shi, Jie Fu, Lehan Hu, Prokopios Vlachogiannis, Christophe Peyrard, Christopher Simon Wright, Dallán Friel, Øyvind Waage Hanssen-Bauer, Carlos Renan dos Santos, Eelco Frickel, Hafizul Islam, Arjen Koop, Zhiqiang Hu, Jihuai Yang, Tristan Quideau, Violette Harnois, Kelsey Shaler, Stefan Netzband, Daniel Alarcón, Pau Trubat, Aengus Connolly, Seán B. Leen, and Oisín Conway
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1025–1051, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1025-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1025-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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10 Apr 2024
Control-oriented modelling of wind direction variability
Scott Dallas, Adam Stock, and Edward Hart
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 841–867, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-841-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-841-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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03 Apr 2024
Impact of a Two-Dimensional Steep Hill on Wind Turbine Noise Propagation
Jules Colas, Ariane Emmanuelli, Didier Dragna, Philippe Blanc-Benon, Benjamin Cotté, and Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-36,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-36, 2024
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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27 Mar 2024
Drop-size-dependent effects in leading-edge rain erosion and their impact for erosion-safe mode operation
Nils Barfknecht and Dominic von Terzi
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-33,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-33, 2024
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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22 Feb 2024
On optimizing the sensor spacing for pressure measurements on wind turbine airfoils
Erik Fritz, Christopher Kelley, and Kenneth Brown
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-4,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-4, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 5 comments)
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14 Feb 2024
Structural Design Optimization of Laminated Composites for Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Blades: A Single Objective Approach
Ahmed Ali Geneid, Mostofa R. Atia, Adel Elsabbagh, and Mohammed Hedaya
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-1,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-1, 2024
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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12 Feb 2024
Anomalous Response of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine to Wind and Waves
Yihan Liu and Michael Chertkov
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-14,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-14, 2024
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02 Feb 2024
Optimal position and distribution mode for on-site hydrogen electrolyzers in onshore wind farms for a minimal levelized cost of hydrogen (LCoH)
Thorsten Reichartz, Georg Jacobs, Tom Rathmes, Lucas Blickwedel, and Ralf Schelenz
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 281–295, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-281-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-281-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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29 Jan 2024
Experimental analysis of a horizontal axis wind turbine with swept blades using PIV data
Erik Fritz, Koen Boorsma, and Carlos Ferreira
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-11,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-11, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 5 comments)
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29 Jan 2024
The wind farm pressure field
Ronald B. Smith
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 253–261, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-253-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-253-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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18 Jan 2024
Breakdown of the velocity and turbulence in the wake of a wind turbine – Part 2: Analytical modelling
Erwan Jézéquel, Frédéric Blondel, and Valéry Masson
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 119–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-119-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-119-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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18 Jan 2024
Breakdown of the velocity and turbulence in the wake of a wind turbine – Part 1: Large-eddy-simulation study
Erwan Jézéquel, Frédéric Blondel, and Valéry Masson
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 97–117, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-97-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-97-2024, 2024
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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16 Jan 2024
One-to-one aeroservoelastic validation of operational loads and performance of a 2.8 MW wind turbine model in OpenFAST
Kenneth Brown, Pietro Bortolotti, Emmanuel Branlard, Mayank Chetan, Scott Dana, Nathaniel deVelder, Paula Doubrawa, Nicholas Hamilton, Chris Ivanov, Jason Jonkman, Christopher Kelley, and Daniel Zalkind
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-166,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-166, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 5 comments)
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15 Jan 2024
Non-proportionality analysis of multiaxial fatigue stress histories in trailing edge adhesive joints of wind turbine rotor blades
Claudio Balzani and Pablo Noever Castelos
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-167,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-167, 2024
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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22 Dec 2023
On the significance of rain droplet slowdown and deformation for leading-edge rain erosion
Nils Barfknecht and Dominic von Terzi
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-169,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-169, 2023
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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18 Dec 2023
Data-driven surrogate model for wind turbine damage equivalent load
Rad Haghi and Curran Crawford
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-157,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-157, 2023
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06 Dec 2023
Understanding the impact of data gaps on long-term offshore wind resource estimates
Martin Georg Jonietz Alvarez, Warren Watson, and Julia Gottschall
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-127,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-127, 2023
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16 Nov 2023
Realistic turbulent inflow conditions for estimating the performance of a floating wind turbine
Cédric Raibaudo, Jean-Christophe Gilloteaux, and Laurent Perret
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1711–1725, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1711-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1711-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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24 Oct 2023
Sensitivity analysis of numerical modeling input parameters on floating offshore wind turbine loads
Will Wiley, Jason Jonkman, Amy Robertson, and Kelsey Shaler
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1575–1595, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1575-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1575-2023, 2023
Final revised paper published in WES (5 comments)
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16 Oct 2023
Dynamic performance of a passively self-adjusting floating wind farm layout to increase the annual energy production
Mohammad Youssef Mahfouz, Ericka Lozon, Matthew Hall, and Po Wen Cheng
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-135,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-135, 2023
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