Aeroelastic analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine in platform‐induced surge motion using a fully coupled CFD‐MBD method

Liu, Yuanchuan and Xiao, Qing and Incecik, Atilla and Peyrard, Christophe (2018) Aeroelastic analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine in platform‐induced surge motion using a fully coupled CFD‐MBD method. Wind Energy. pp. 1-20. ISSN 1095-4244 (https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2265)

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Abstract

Modern offshore wind turbines are susceptible to blade deformation because of their increased size and the recent trend of installing these turbines on floating platforms in deep sea. In this paper, an aeroelastic analysis tool for floating offshore wind turbines is presented by coupling a high‐fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver with a general purpose multibody dynamics code, which is capable of modelling flexible bodies based on the nonlinear beam theory. With the tool developed, we demonstrated its applications to the NREL 5 MW offshore wind turbine with aeroelastic blades. The impacts of blade flexibility and platform‐induced surge motion on wind turbine aerodynamics and structural responses are studied and illustrated by the CFD results of the flow field, force, and wake structure. Results are compared with data obtained from the engineering tool FAST v8.

ORCID iDs

Liu, Yuanchuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-6212, Xiao, Qing ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8512-5299, Incecik, Atilla and Peyrard, Christophe;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:65404
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    September 2018
    Published
    30 July 2018
    Accepted
    Notes:This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Liu Y, Xiao Q, Incecik A, Peyrard C. Aeroelastic analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine in platform‐induced surge motion using a fully coupled CFD‐MBD method. Wind Energy. 2018;1–20., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2265 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
    Keywords:aeroelastic analysis, platform‐induced surge motion, multibody dynamics, floating offshore wind turbine, computational fluid dynamics, Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Ocean Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering
    Subjects:Technology > Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
    Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:13 Sep 2018 09:40
    Last modified:06 Feb 2023 08:13
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65404
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