Tow tank testing of a 1:70 Froude scaled floating offshore wind turbine

These test cases cover the towing behaviour of a 1:70 scale model of the IEA 15MW reference wind turbine on the UMaine VolturnUS-S semi-submersible platform.

They consist of towing at different speeds and in different configurations in calm waters, regular and irregular wave conditions, and some focused waves. No wind was applied to the turbine during towing and the model does not have an accurate rotor, meaning all cases only consider the hydrodynamic loading with a small amount of air resistance on the tower and platform due to the tow speed.

All tests were conducted at the Boldrewood Towing Tank at the University of Southampton, with the tank carriage acting as the towing vessel. The influence of the tow vessel on tow behaivour is therefore not considered.

Full details of the testing have been published as part of a paper in Ocean Engineering: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801825014386. Please refer to this article for more information regarding the test set-up and when citing the data source.

Dataset Content:
This dataset includes a single .zip folder (FOWT_Towing.zip) with the physical measurement and motion tracking data for the towing experiments. The structure of the dataset is described within the Read Me document in the .zip folder (Read Me.pdf).