Assessment of the Dynamic Responses and Allowable Sea States for a Novel Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Concept Based on the Inverted Pendulum Principle

This paper presents a numerical study for preliminary assessment of the dynamic responses and allowable sea states for the installation of an offshore wind turbine (OWT) tower and rotor nacelle assembly (RNA) based on a novel method. This method is based on the inverted pendulum principle and consists of various sequential activities for which the allowable limits of sea states need to be established. For critical installation activities, …