Development of a Simulation Tool for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Using MBDyn

Tomoaki Utsunomiya, Hisashi Okubo, Hiroto Yamada

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Abstract

For the design of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), numerical simulations for a large number of design load cases (DLCs) are required. Now, several numerical tools have been developed and available, such as Bladed and OrcaFlex; however, the number of licenses may limit the efficiency of the analysis. In this paper, we report on the latest progress of the development of a simulation tool for FOWTs using MBDyn. MBDyn is an open-source software of multibody dynamics. We have developed several user-defined modules that extend MBDyn to be used for dynamic analysis of FOWTs. Using this tool, we will be able to run many simulations simultaneously without a limit of the number of software licenses. Several numerical examples will be given as comparison with the results obtained by ADAMS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Floating Solutions - WCFS 2023
EditorsTomoki Ikoma, Shigeru Tabeta, Soon Heng Lim, Chien Ming Wang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages737-750
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9789819704941
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event3rd World Conference on Floating Solutions, WCFS 2023 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: Aug 28 2023Aug 30 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume465
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference3rd World Conference on Floating Solutions, WCFS 2023
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period8/28/238/30/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering

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