Experimental Study on Dynamic Responses of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines and Its Validation Against the Vector-Form Intrinsic Finite Element Method
In this study, a novel rigid–flexible coupled computational model for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is developed using the vector-form intrinsic finite element (VFIFE) method, named VFIFE-FOWT. This framework integrates multi-body dynamics and the VFIFE method to establish a comprehensive dynamic model for FOWTs, enabling high-fidelity simulations of FOWT systems. Validation of the VFIFE-FOWT model is conducted through comparisons with results from the industry-standard software OpenFAST, together with experimental data from a 1:80 scale model test of a shallow-draft stepped Spar platform equipped with a NREL 5MW wind turbine. The results demonstrate good agreement, verifying the accuracy and reliability of the proposed VFIFE-FOWT framework for predicting the dynamic behavior of FOWTs.
Authors
- Shuwei Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8831-640X)
- Yingzhou Liu
- Mengmeng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7522-4429)
- Jinghui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8780-9213)
- Sinian Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7918-6204)
- Liang Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3922-3454)
- Wenxuan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3255-5057)
- Wei Vivien Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-0494)
- Haoshuang Wang
Institutions
- Tianjin University of Technology (CN)
- China National Offshore Oil Corporation (China) (CN)
- Tianjin University (CN)
- Dalian University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13061096
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Dalian University of Technology
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering