A wind turbine is a particularly complex system to simulate, which must combine the external wind and wave loads acting on the turbine, platform and mooring system. In order to study the behaviour of different wind turbines and platforms in various sea states, we developed a in-house model on the programming language Simulink-MATLAB, characterized by a high adaptability and flexibility.
The system is composed by several blocks representing the different components:
- Waves
- Wind
- Wind turbine
- Moorings
- Hull