The wet-towing resistance of the composite bucket foundation for offshore wind turbines

The composite bucket foundation (CBF) is a new and environmentally-friendly foundation for offshore wind turbines. This foundation can be prefabricated in batches onshore followed by integrated transport and installation at sea. The structure itself has a subdivision air cushion structure that enables the foundation to float stably on the water surface and realize long-distance towing of the foundation. The mechanism of this air-liquid-solid coupling towing process is complicated, and the influence of the bulkheads on the towing resistance is not clear. In this paper, the influence of the subdivision structure on the towing resistance of the CBF is compared with the tow test in hydrostatic water. The structural motion characteristics and the change of the cushion pressure are also analysed. Experiments are used to verify numerical calculation results. The flow field difference between the CBF with bulkheads, the CBF without bulkheads and the real floating structure was analysed. The dynamic pressure coefficient was used to analyze the force at surfaces of different CBF's. For the tow test and numerical calculation of multiple CBFs, the optimal multi-CBF tow distance and towage number are obtained through the calculation of energy consumption rate.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2021.103089
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0951833921001428
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• Authors:
  • Zhang, Puyang
  • Zhao, Xing
  • Ding, Hongyan
  • Le, Conghuan
  • 0000-0003-1117-9467
• Publication Date: 2021-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 103089
• Serial:
  • Marine Structures
  • Volume: 80
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0951-8339
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-structures

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Floating foundations; Flow fields; Hydrodynamics; Offshore power plants; Towing devices; Wind power generation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01786570
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 2021 9:18AM