Posters
Come meet the poster presenters to ask them questions and discuss their work
We would like to invite you to come and see the posters at our upcoming conference. The posters will showcase a diverse range of research topics, and will give delegates an opportunity to engage with the authors and learn more about their work. Whether you are a seasoned researcher or simply curious about the latest developments in your field, we believe that the posters will offer something of interest to everyone. So please join us at the conference and take advantage of this opportunity to learn and engage with your peers in industry and the academic community.
On 9 April at 17:15, we’ll also hold the main poster session and distinguish the 7 best posters of this year’s edition with our traditional Poster Awards Ceremony. Join us at the poster area to cheer and meet the laureates, and enjoy some drinks with all poster presenters!
We look forward to seeing you there!
PO134: Improved floating wind design collaboration with a unified simulation toolchain
William Collier, Technical Authority, DNV
Abstract
The behaviour of floating wind systems depends on the complex interactions between various sub-systems such as moorings, foundations, wind turbine and the controller. During the design process, these interactions must be captured in a fully coupled analysis to determine the merits and viability of different configurations. Floating wind design projects involve multiple stakeholders, each with their own area of expertise and preferred tools. Foundation designers understand the structural design and marine loading environment on the foundation and mooring system behaviour and initialise the design in specialised offshore simulation tools. Wind turbine OEMs understand the complex turbine dynamics and control system, relying on specialised aeroelastic models. In early design stages, the sub-system designers use their preferred tools in isolation with simplified representation of the rest of the system. This introduces uncertainties when integrating these sub-systems later in the design process, potentially compromising the overall project. But what is the best approach when sub-system integration and coupled analysis is the priority? One approach is to model the whole system in a single tool. This can be convenient for the design stakeholders familiar with the chosen tool. However, this often results in simplification of part of the model thereby reducing accuracy and requires a complex verification study to be undertaken by the various stakeholders. In this work an alternative approach of co-simulation is presented, using the simulation tools Bladed and OrcaFlex. This enables each design stakeholder to re-use their existing models and tools in one combined workflow with the other stakeholders. Using a unified set of analysis tools allows the most appropriate models and inputs from each tool to be used in the coupled analysis, while saving time on code-to-code verification work and duplicated simulation by different stakeholders. This allows the design stakeholders to collaborate more easily to optimise the overall design.
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