Dynamic response analysis of alternative mooring system designs for a 15 MW floating wind turbine with an emphasize on different limit states

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Highlights

  • Fully coupled numerical model of a large-scale three-column 15 MW semi-submersible floating wind turbine.
  • Different catenary mooring line lengths, lumped weights, buoyancy cans, horizontal mooring angle, fairlead height etc. are studied for optimized mooring system solution.
  • Dynamics of various mooring system designs are comprehensively investigate with emphasizes on different design limit states.
  • Further dynamic response analysis of an optimized design is performed to verify the feasibility of the mooring system under various design limit states.