| The research in this thesis is focused on stabilization and load reduction of floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) structures for both the fore-aft (pitch) and side-to-side (roll) directions. Based on the Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) and Active Vane concepts recently proposed, two composite actuation schemes are investigated. The first scheme is to apply the horizontal vane and vertical vane to platform pitch and roll, respectively, resulting in the so-called Double Vane Actuation (DVA) scheme. The second scheme is the combination of the TMD based pitch control and active vertical vane based roll control, resulting in the so-called Hybrid Actuation (HA) scheme. Simulation results of DVA show great reductions of motions and loads in the fore-aft and side-to-side directions. Performance of HA is investigated by extensive simulations based on the IEC61400-3 standard and results show significant and consistent motions and loads reductions in both FA and SS directions. |
