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).

ParametersTLP-1 [6]TLP-2TLP-3TLP-4

Column
 Diameter-CD (m)15121215
 Length-CL (m)40354530
Spokes
 Diameter-PD (m)5.5678
 Length-PL (m)25201815
Concrete ballast
 Height-CH (m)2545
Gravity point0, 0, −32.9880, 0, −35.4260, 0, −41.6810, 0, −36.857
Total mass
1468.6321868.741644.9212648.716
Displacement
9080.496104.167385.287689.07
Concrete displacement
353.25565.20452.16883.13