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Wind-Wave Misalignment Effects On Multiline Anchor Systems For Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Doron T. Rose
Wind-Wave Misalignment Effects On Multiline Anchor Systems For Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Doron T. Rose
Masters Theses
Multiline anchors are a novel way to reduce the cost of arrays of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), but their behavior is not yet fully understood. Through metocean characterization and dynamic simulations, this thesis investigates the effects of wind-wave misalignment on multiline anchor systems. Four coastal U.S. sites are characterized in order to develop IEC design load cases (DLCs) and analyze real-world misaligned conditions. Stonewall Bank, Oregon showed the highest 500-year extreme wave height, at 16.6 m, while Virginia Beach, Virginia showed the highest 500-year wind speed, at 56.8 m/s. Misalignment probability distributions, at all sites, are found to converge …