Survivability of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines using CFD

随着行业向更深的水域发展，漂浮式海上风力涡轮机（FOWT）似乎是一个合乎逻辑的步骤。然而，由于气候变化，fot和系泊耦合系统的动态响应的不确定性代表着高风险，特别是随着风暴条件的频率增加。在极端风和海浪的联合载荷下，fowt的“生存能力”仍然是一个关键问题，需要进行基础研究，以降低项目风险并减少不确定性。数值模拟可以为工程分析提供所需的定量描述，从而可以正确地表示空气动力和水动力两种状态。然而，大浪冲击和极端风荷载需要使用高保真建模，例如计算流体动力学（CFD），并且仍然需要付出相当大的努力来提高对这些工具的信心。

Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) appear to be a logical step, as the industry moves into deeper water. However, uncertainty in the dynamic response of FOWT and mooring-coupled systems represents a high risk, particularly with the increasing frequency of storm conditions, due to climate change. 'Survivability' of FOWTs, under the combined loading from extreme wind and waves, remains a key concern and underpinning research is needed to de-risk projects and reduce the uncertainties.Numerical modelling can provide the quantitative description required for engineering analysis at full-scale making it possible to represent both the aero- and hydro-dynamic regimes correctly. However, large wave impacts and extreme wind loading require the use of high fidelity modelling, such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and considerable effort is still required to improve the confidence in these tools.