Fast Code Verification of Scaling Laws for Deepcwind Floating Wind System Tests

Anant Jain; Amy N. Robertson; Jason M. Jonkman; Andrew J. Goupee; Richard W. Kimball; Andrew H.P. Swift

Fast Code Verification of Scaling Laws for Deepcwind Floating Wind System Tests

Anant Jain, Amy N. Robertson, Jason M. Jonkman, Andrew J. Goupee, Richard W. Kimball, Andrew H.P. Swift

National Wind Technology Center

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Abstract

This paper investigates scaling laws that were adopted for the DeepCwind project for testing three different floating wind systems at 1/50 scale in a wave tank under combined wind and wave loading. The 1/50 scaling of the full-scale 5-MW wind turbine system is performed based on Froude scaling laws, which are commonly used for offshore structures. The scaling approach adopted is verified through FAST, an aero-hydro-servo-elasto dynamic modeling tool, by comparing the consistency of simulation results between model and full scale. The Froude scaling approach does not maintain proper Reynolds number scaling and the implications of this issue are discussed.

Original language	American English
Pages	355-365
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 2012
Event	22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2012 - Rhodes, Greece Duration: 17 Jun 2012 → 22 Jun 2012

Conference

Conference	22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2012
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Rhodes
Period	17/06/12 → 22/06/12

Bibliographical note

See CP-5000-54221 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5000-56853

Keywords

DeepCwind
Froude scaling
Model testing
NREL FAST
Offshore floating wind turbine

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Fast Code Verification of Scaling Laws for Deepcwind Floating Wind System Tests

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