Extreme Loading on FOWT under Complex Environmental Conditions

Lead Research Organisation: City, University of London
Department Name: Sch of Engineering and Mathematical Sci

Abstract

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Description (1) Develop a two-way hybrid qaleFOAM coupling the QALE-FEM with OpenFOAM;
(2) Develop a new domain decomposition method, allowing the OpenFOAM domain moves following the motion of the floating body in the QALE-FEM domain;
(3) Preliminarily test the qaleFOAM for modelling FOWT in extreme waves.
Exploitation Route The developed code is now available for public in the CCP-WSI code repository listed above.

Journal paper is being prepared and will be published in the near future.
Sectors Aerospace

Defence and Marine

Energy
URL https://www.ccp-wsi.ac.uk/
 
Title hybrid model qaleFOAM coupling the QALE-FEM with OpenFOAM 
Description A new development of the hybrid model, qaleFOAM, has been completed for coupling the aero- and hydro-dynamics of the FOWT in extreme waves 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The model has been proven to be one of the most robust model for numerical simulating the wave-structure interaction by recent comparative studies and blind tests. 
URL https://www.ccp-wsi.ac.uk/code_repository