Research Article
Spoke Dimension on the Motion Performance of a Floating Wind Turbine with Tension-Leg Platform
Table 2
Dimensions of four modified NREL-TLPs (see also Figure
1).
| Parameters | TLP-1 [6] | TLP-2 | TLP-3 | TLP-4 |
| Column | | | | | Diameter-CD (m) | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | Length-CL (m) | 40 | 35 | 45 | 30 | Spokes | | | | | Diameter-PD (m) | 5.5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Length-PL (m) | 25 | 20 | 18 | 15 | Concrete ballast | | | | | Height-CH (m) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Gravity point | 0, 0, −32.988 | 0, 0, −35.426 | 0, 0, −41.681 | 0, 0, −36.857 | Total mass | | | | | | 1468.632 | 1868.74 | 1644.921 | 2648.716 | Displacement | | | | | | 9080.49 | 6104.16 | 7385.28 | 7689.07 | Concrete displacement | | | | | | 353.25 | 565.20 | 452.16 | 883.13 |
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