Background
This work was carried out within the framework of the HeLoFOW Project : The HeloFOW project aims to develop a hydro-elastic solver for the calculation of structural loadings of floating wind turbine foundations.
This project is a WEAMEC project with the funding from the Pays de la Loire Region and and Europe (European Regional Development Fund).
Abstract
The scientific and technical impact of the project is on both the numerical and the experimental aspects of the project:
- The numerical modelling of the hydroelastic behavior of floating wind turbine foundations by means of a unstationary potential model would be a first of its kind in the floating wind energy community.
- Experimental results of floating wind turbine foundations with segmented models are very few; the proposed experimental campaign will be then strongly valuable for the community.
