Research Article

Mooring Line Damping Estimation for a Floating Wind Turbine

Table 5

Mooring line damping estimation under different drag coefficient.

Nondimensional tension ()Nondimensional damping
()
Horizontal motion
()
Vertical motion
()

1.50.008 0.010 0.012 0.095 0.122 0.146
2.50.033 0.046 0.058 0.153 0.212 0.267
3.50.092 0.128 0.165 0.204 0.286 0.363
4.50.177 0.252 0.326 0.249 0.351 0.447
5.50.299 0.431 0.563 0.296 0.420 0.533
6.50.484 0.707 0.929 0.374 0.531 0.679
7.50.656 0.964 1.271 0.475 0.676 0.865
8.50.745 1.100 1.453 0.588 0.833 1.060
9.50.767 1.136 1.501 0.695 0.979 1.233
10.50.752 1.117 1.478 0.779 1.089 1.358
11.50.721 1.075 1.423 0.832 1.155 1.426
12.50.684 1.022 1.355 0.853 1.176 1.441