Frequency domain modelling of a coupled system of floating structure and mooring Lines: An application to a wave energy converter

Floating structures for single offshore renewable energy devices, i.e. wave energy converters, tend to be significantly smaller than those of the traditional offshore industry and the interaction between floater motions and mooring line dynamics become important. Installation sites are generally subject to powerful waves and currents experiencing more dynamically excited motions. Water depths are also lower, ranging generally from 50 m to 200 m …