Floating Solar Float Validation – Hydrostatics, CFD and FEA

Description:
– Engineering validation of floating solar floats and panel-support assemblies.
– Hydrostatic analysis of individual floats and narrow- and wide-frame array blocks.
– Evaluation of displacement, centre of buoyancy, flotation draft, freeboard and reserve buoyancy.
– Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of a two-panel arrangement at four wind directions to determine drag and lift forces.
– Finite element model development and mesh generation for floats and supporting frame assemblies.
– Definition of contact interactions between adjacent floats and between support beams and floats, together with model boundary conditions.