Modelling Techniques for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Dear Colleagues,

As the demand for sustainable energy sources grows, floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) have emerged as a promising solution to harness wind energy in deeper waters. While the projections for deployment capacity over the coming decades point towards exponential growth, the challenges to overcome are also very significant. Research and innovation are needed to allow for safe, cost-effective and sustainable projects.

This Special Issue focuses on the latest advancements in modelling techniques for FOWTs, both experimental and numerical, addressing critical challenges faced by the design, operation and decommissioning of floating wind turbines. We aim at collecting contributions focused on the following topics:

• Wind resource assessment;
• Wake modelling;
• Experimental model testing;
• Hydrodynamics;
• Mooring analysis;
• Power cables dynamics;
• Wind turbine controllers;
• Fully coupled modelling;
• Structural analysis;
• Digital twins;
• Offshore operations.

Dr. Nuno Fonseca
Dr. Petter Andreas Berthelsen
Guest Editors

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