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Master project by Surbhi, 2012

Optimizing the design of a floating wind turbine

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In this project we developed a computational procedure to optimize the design of the steel buoy of a floating wind turbine. The optimization algorithm was based on the popular ‘Augmented Lagrangian’ penalty method. Based on the methodology, we developed a computer program to design a floating wind turbine such that the weight of the steel buoy is minimized. We also took care of stability constraints and checked that these constraints are feasible. We demonstrated that our solution approach is working and is capable of finding the optimal solution for the design of the floating wind turbine. The programming code developed using our solution approach is giving satisfactory results. The code can be used for similar future studies.