An ever-expanding offshore wind energy sector and the trend of floating offshore wind turbines, which can be installed in deep water and hold great economic potential, called for advanced simulation environments, which can model these intricate systems accurately.

For an accurate simulation of offshore wind turbines, the Stuttgart Chair of Wind Energy (SWE) at the University of Stuttgart extended Simpack with a coupling to the by NREL developed hydrodynamic package HydroDyn. A Morison force element and a dynamic MBS mooring system model were also introduced. By taking advantage of these hydrodynamic extensions, plus existing advanced drivetrain and aerodynamic submodels, the development of a full dynamic coupled simulation of fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind turbines was made possible by using Simpack.

Gain more insight into this project about offshore wind turbine simulation and read the Simpack News article ‘Offshore Wind Turbine Hydrodynamics Modeling in Simpack’, written by Denis Matha & Friedemann Beyer, Stuttgart Chair of Wind Energy, University of Stuttgart.

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