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November 8, 2021
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An experimental study on transporting a free-float capable tension leg platform for a 10 MW wind turbine in waves

Publicated to: RENEWABLE ENERGY. 179 2158-2173 - 2021-12-01 179(), DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.08.009

Authors:

Mas-Soler, Jordi; Uzunoglu, Emre; Bulian, Gabriele; Soares, C Guedes; Souto-Iglesias, Antonio
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Affiliations

Univ Lisbon, Ctr Marine Technol & Ocean Engn CENTEC, Inst Super Tecn, Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Univ Polite Cnica Madrid UPM, ETSIN, CEHINAV, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Naval Arch & Ocean Eng Escola Politecn, TPN, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Author
Univ Trieste, Dept Engn & Architecture, Via Valerio 10, I-34127 Trieste, Italy - Author
UPM, ETSIN, DACSON, CEHINAV, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The paper presents the towing tests of CENTEC-TLP, a state-of-the-art free-float capable tension leg platform supporting a 10 MW wind turbine. The platform's design process and the overall dynamic behaviour was previously described in the literature. This work focuses on the platform's transportation stage, which is designed to have a shallow draft and certain characteristics resembling blunt bodies such as barges. The hydrodynamic behavior of this hull form in calm water and waves is investigated experimentally. The results are compared with similar relevant data available in the literature. As for added resistance in waves, the influence of wave characteristics and speed are evaluated. It is found that some of the cases display a reduction of average resistance in waves compared to calm water. Finally, the dynamic behaviour of the system in two relevant sea states is assessed with reference to risk of excessive motions during transport. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

Affordable and clean energyBluff bodiesCostDesignEnergyFloating wind turbine (fwt)Negative added resistance in wavesNumerical-analysisOffshore windResistanceShipSimulationStabilityTension leg platform (tlp)Transport tests in waves

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal RENEWABLE ENERGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 25/119, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Energy & Fuels.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.3. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.29 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-26, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 32
  • Scopus: 36
  • Google Scholar: 6
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 33.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 33 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/86602/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 137
  • Downloads: 33
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 7 - Affordable and clean energy, with a probability of 64% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Brazil; Italy; Portugal.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MAS SOLER, JORDI) and Last Author (SOUTO IGLESIAS, ANTONIO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SOUTO IGLESIAS, ANTONIO.

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