WINDOPT ››
WINDOPT is a program for conceptual optimization of floating wind turbine support structures of the spar-buoy type, including mooring system and power cable. Optimisation in this context is equivalent to minimizing costs while satisfying functional and safety-related design requirements. The program is an extension of MARINTEK`s mooring- and riser optimisation tool MOOROPT. It utilizes efficient design tools for the analysis of mooring system forces and vessel motions, and combines this with a gradient method for solving non-linear optimization problems with arbitrary constraints.
