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Floating Offshore-Wind And Controls Advanced Laboratory Program: 1:70-Scale Testing Of A 15 Mw Floating Wind Turbine, Matthew J. Fowler
Floating Offshore-Wind And Controls Advanced Laboratory Program: 1:70-Scale Testing Of A 15 Mw Floating Wind Turbine, Matthew J. Fowler
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This thesis presents results from the Floating Offshore-wind and Controls Advanced Laboratory (FOCAL) Experiment which performed 1:70-scale model testing of a 15 mega-watt floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) at the University of Maine’s Alfond Wind/Wave Ocean Engineering Laboratory (W2). The experimental campaigns supported the application of controls co-design to FOWTs by incorporating real-time wind turbine control and hull mounted tuned-mass damper (TMD) elements. A performance-matched scaling strategy was proposed and analysis in OpenFAST performed to design the scale models, including integration of the Reference OpenSource Controller (ROSCO) and modeling of the TMDs in the hull. Four test campaigns were conducted, …
Advancing Numerical Calculation Of Mixed Sized Sediment Transport And Morphology Change, Irene Margaret Watts
Advancing Numerical Calculation Of Mixed Sized Sediment Transport And Morphology Change, Irene Margaret Watts
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Numerical modeling of sediment transport and morphologic change has become a powerful tool for studying and working in the coastal zone. Numerical calculation can assist in a broad range of projects from regional sediment management to beach nourishment as well as evaluating environmental aspects of dredging and placement and implications to water quality and turbidity. Success in application of these tools is partially dependent on the quality of characterization of the sediments in the field. These parameters could include grain size, mineralogical composition, specific gravity and fall velocity. Sediment transport formulations are sensitive to the spatial representation of the sediments …