SoftWind Project database

This dataset concerns the WEAMEC funded SoftWind project on Floating Offshore Wind Turbine. Experimental testing is an important step into the design process of floating wind turbines. Testing at different scales is necessary as a project progresses. The experimental modeling of floating wind turbine requires tackling several challenges in order to represent as closely as possible the influence of the rotor on the whole structure. The physical phenomena and the forces due to wind and waves are not governed by the same laws of similitude. This incompatibility requires modeling compromises that often limit the representation fidelity a floating wind turbine in operation. The SOFTWIND project aims at developing a robust experimental platform that tackles these similitude issues by using a software in the loop approach. SoftWind on the WEAMEC website本数据集关联由WEAMEC资助的SoftWind项目，该项目针对漂浮式海上风力发电机组开展研究。实验测试是漂浮式风电装备设计流程中的关键环节。随着项目推进，开展不同缩比尺度的实验测试实属必要。漂浮式风力发电机组的实验建模需攻克多项核心挑战，以尽可能精准地复现转子对整机结构的作用影响。风浪诱发的物理现象与所受载荷并不遵循同一套相似律（similitude），这种不相容性要求在建模过程中做出折中处理，而这往往会降低漂浮式风力发电机组实际运行状态的复现保真度。SoftWind项目旨在借助软件在环（Software in the Loop）技术，搭建一套能够解决上述相似律相关问题的可靠实验平台。相关详情可查阅WEAMEC官方网站上的SoftWind项目页面。