@inproceedings{e0687ad9b20e4165a8d8c9363ae34437,
title = "Mean wave drift force on a barge-type floating wind turbine with moonpools",
abstract = "The barge-type foundation with moonpool(s) is a promising type of platform for floating offshore wind turbines, since the moonpool(s) could improve the hydrodynamic performance at particular frequencies and reduce the costs of construction. In this paper, the horizontal mean drift force and yaw drift moment of a barge-type platform with four moonpools are numerically and experimentally investigated. Physical model tests are carried out in a wave tank, where a 2MW vertical-axis wind turbine is modelled in the 1:100 scale. By varying the rotating speed of the turbine and the mass of the blades, the gyroscopic effects due to turbine rotations on the mean drift forces are experimentally examined. The wave diffraction and radiation code WAMIT is used to carry out numerical analysis of wave drift force and moment. The experimental results indicate that the influence of the rotations of a vertical-axis wind turbine on the sway drift force is generally not very significant. The predictions by WAMIT are in reasonable agreement with the measured data. Numerical results demonstrate that the horizontal mean drift force and yaw drift moment at certain frequencies could be reduced by moonpool(s).",
keywords = "Barge, FOWT, Mean drift force, Moonpools",
author = "Lei Tan and Tomoki Ikoma and Yasuhiro Aida and Koichi Masuda",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2021 by ASME; 2021 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2021 ; Conference date: 21-06-2021 Through 30-06-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1115/OMAE2021-62241",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE",
publisher = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)",
booktitle = "Ocean Engineering",
}