Abstract
A reduced order model of a floating wind turbine with 22 degrees of freedom has been implemented and validated in comparison to the multibody, hydro-servo-aero-elastic code hGAST. The multi-blade Coleman transformation is applied and Floquet stability analysis is performed. This allows on one hand, to verify the actual Floquet implementation against the standard Coleman-based eigenvalue analysis in cases the transformed dynamic system has constant coefficients and on the other hand to analyze the effects of different anisotropies on stability. Mass imbalance of the rotor and yaw misalignment have been specifically addressed. In the mass imbalance scenario, the homogeneous results are not substantially altered while in the wind yaw scenario, there is slight change of the flapwise natural frequencies and of the tower lateral frequency as well as of the corresponding damping characteristics.
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