Book contents
- Offshore Wind Energy
- Offshore Wind Energy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Offshore Environment
- 3 Wind Energy and Wind Loads
- 4 Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines
- 5 Linear Dynamics
- 6 Wave Loads on Fixed Substructures
- 7 Floating Substructures
- 8 Marine Operations
- 9 Offshore Wind Farms
- Book part
- References
- Index
2 - The Offshore Environment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2024
- Offshore Wind Energy
- Offshore Wind Energy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Offshore Environment
- 3 Wind Energy and Wind Loads
- 4 Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines
- 5 Linear Dynamics
- 6 Wave Loads on Fixed Substructures
- 7 Floating Substructures
- 8 Marine Operations
- 9 Offshore Wind Farms
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
Part one gives a description of the characteristics of the wind field over the ocean, including wind shear, turbulence and coherence. It shows how these parameters are modeled and used as an input to wind turbine analyses. The long-term statistics of the mean wind speed are discussed as well as the most common principles for wind speed measurements. In part two, the kinematics and dynamics of ocean waves are given in a form which in subsequent chapters is used in computing wave loads on structures, both in time and frequency domain. Long- and short-term wave statistics are discussed.
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- Offshore Wind EnergyEnvironmental Conditions and Dynamics of Fixed and Floating Turbines, pp. 11 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024