📌 Mission Objective

Within the development of a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT), the objective was to ensure global integrity of the structure under design conditions, accounting for environmental loads, electrical equipment weights.

🧠 Approach & Actions

• Global modelling of the floater’s steel hull using Femap (finite element shell model)
• Integration of environmental loads (wave, wind, current) and permanent weights
• Definition of design load combinations including mooring loads
• Pre-sizing and optimization of structural members (scantling) under ULS, SLS, ALS and FLS conditions
• Post-processing of results and verification against DNV standards for yield and buckling strength as well as fatigue.

🗃️ Deliverables

• Structural analysis report
• Finite element model (Femap)
• Python post processing routines
• Calculation spreadsheets (Excel)

🛠️ Tools and Rules

• Standards: DNV-ST-0126, DNV-OS-C101
• Softwares: Femap (SOL101), Python