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Title: Verification and Validation of the New Dynamic Mooring Modules Available in FAST v8: Preprint

Abstract

The open-source aero-hydro-servo-elastic wind turbine simulation software, FAST v8, was recently coupled to two newly developed mooring dynamics modules: MoorDyn and FEAMooring. MoorDyn is a lumped-mass-based mooring dynamics module developed by the University of Maine, and FEAMooring is a finite-element-based mooring dynamics module developed by Texas A&M University. This paper summarizes the work performed to verify and validate these modules against other mooring models and measured test data to assess their reliability and accuracy. The quality of the fairlead load predictions by the open-source mooring modules MoorDyn and FEAMooring appear to be largely equivalent to what is predicted by the commercial tool OrcaFlex. Both mooring dynamic model predictions agree well with the experimental data, considering the given limitations in the accuracy of the platform hydrodynamic load calculation and the quality of the measurement data.

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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI Identifier:
1295390
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5000-65822
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the Twenty-sixth (2016) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), 26 June - 2 July 2016, Rhodes, Greece
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; floating offshore wind turbine; mooring dynamics; modeling; verification; validation; FAST; MoorDyn; FEAMooring

Citation Formats

Wendt, Fabian, Robertson, Amy, Jonkman, Jason, and Andersen, Morten T. Verification and Validation of the New Dynamic Mooring Modules Available in FAST v8: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Wendt, Fabian, Robertson, Amy, Jonkman, Jason, & Andersen, Morten T. Verification and Validation of the New Dynamic Mooring Modules Available in FAST v8: Preprint. United States.
Wendt, Fabian, Robertson, Amy, Jonkman, Jason, and Andersen, Morten T. 2016. "Verification and Validation of the New Dynamic Mooring Modules Available in FAST v8: Preprint". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1295390.
@article{osti_1295390,
title = {Verification and Validation of the New Dynamic Mooring Modules Available in FAST v8: Preprint},
author = {Wendt, Fabian and Robertson, Amy and Jonkman, Jason and Andersen, Morten T.},
abstractNote = {The open-source aero-hydro-servo-elastic wind turbine simulation software, FAST v8, was recently coupled to two newly developed mooring dynamics modules: MoorDyn and FEAMooring. MoorDyn is a lumped-mass-based mooring dynamics module developed by the University of Maine, and FEAMooring is a finite-element-based mooring dynamics module developed by Texas A&M University. This paper summarizes the work performed to verify and validate these modules against other mooring models and measured test data to assess their reliability and accuracy. The quality of the fairlead load predictions by the open-source mooring modules MoorDyn and FEAMooring appear to be largely equivalent to what is predicted by the commercial tool OrcaFlex. Both mooring dynamic model predictions agree well with the experimental data, considering the given limitations in the accuracy of the platform hydrodynamic load calculation and the quality of the measurement data.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1295390}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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