Offshore Renewable Energy: wind, tidal or wave

本项目旨在调查海洋条件的不确定性和变化之间的关系及其对fowt结构末端设计的影响。FOWTs提出了独特的挑战；它们比固定的海上风力涡轮机具有更复杂的动力相互作用，因为它们具有更多的自由度。此外，各种海洋参数与结构荷载之间存在潜在的耦合关系。为了缩小这个潜在的广泛研究项目的范围，主要分析将集中在浮动子结构上，而其他系统参数，如涡轮机类型、尺寸和系泊将保持不变。浮动子结构的优化和研究是一个有利的研究方向，因为它具有非常明显的商业效益；浮动基础结构和材料在海上风电项目的资本支出中占很大比例

This project seeks to investigate the relationship between uncertainties, and variations, in Metocean conditionsand their consequences on the structural end-design of FOWTs. FOWTs present unique challenges;they have more complex dynamical interactions than fixed offshore wind turbines arising as they have moredegrees of freedom. Additionally, there is potential coupling between various Metocean parameters andstructural loads. To narrow the scope of this potentially extensive research project, the primary analysiswill focus on the floating substructure, while other system parameters such as turbine type, size, and mooringwill remain constant. Optimisation and investigation of the floating substructure is an auspicious researchroute, as it has very tangible commercial benefits; the floating substructure and materials characterises avery significant proportion of the CAPEX of offshore wind projects