Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

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Researchers from UMass Amherst and others will evaluate the feasibility and design implications of highly variable soil conditions on the ocean floor for securing anchors, the layout of the wind farms and the complicated dynamics that cause loads on the anchors.

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UMass Amherst/Sanjay Arwade

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