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Master Thesis Hydrodynamic Investigation of an Innovative Floating Platform for Offshore Wind Turbines(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022) Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; 03.03. Department of Civil Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyWith the realization of the potential of wind energy in deep water, interest in floating platforms is increasing. In this study, the hydrodynamic behavior of offshore floating wind turbines was examined experimentally and numerically. This study is the first small-scale experimental model study on floating offshore wind turbines in Turkey. Experiments were carried out in the wave channel with dimensions of 40.0m×1.0m×1.4m in the hydraulic laboratory of the IZTECH Civil Engineering Department. A new floating platform developed through a Tübitak project was tested under various wave and extreme wind conditions. Responses of the turbine and platform system and the tensions in the mooring chains were measured. Free decay, hydrostatic, quasi-static, and regular and irregular wave and wind tests were performed. Results were compared with the results of the existing spar platform model tests under the same test conditions. It was concluded that the innovative platform was more stable than the spar platform, especially in terms of rotation in the y direction, which is critical for stable energy generation and fatigue loads. The new platform, together with the turbine and the mooring lines, was also modeled numerically using a potential theory-based program. Experimental free decay tests were used to calibrate the numerical model. After calibration, regular and irregular wave test results were used for the validation. Agreement between the numerical and experimental model studies showed that the numerical model of the innovative floating platform was verified and could be used to develop and examine the platform on a prototype scale.Master Thesis Steady and Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis of the Airfoil Profiles by Using Vortex Singularity Elements(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018) Elmacı, Salim Cenk; Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; Özkol, Ünver; Özkol, Ünver; Özbahçeci, Bergüzar; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03.03. Department of Civil Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThe steady and unsteady 2D flows around the airfoil were analyzed by utilizing the vortex singularity elements with two different inviscid flow models. Firstly, the steady flow was modeled in the light of steady state algorithm available in the literature. Then, the unsteady flow model was developed by some modifications on the algorithm of the steady flow. All the algorithms were transformed to the code in MATLAB® 2018a environment. For the steady state model, lift coefficients were compared with the inviscid and inviscid-viscous coupling models of the Xfoil 6.9 program data (Drela, 2001); and NASA experimental archive (Ira Herbert Abbott & Von Doenhoff, 1959). Since the model is inviscid, the reference point is the inviscid solvers; and the model agreed well with the Xfoil 6.9 inviscid mode for different type of airfoils. The unsteady model was created with three different operating modes; which are the sudden forward, heaving and the pitching. For the sudden forward motion, the lift and drag coefficients were compared with the studies in the literature. Besides, the lift, drag moment coefficients; and the wake patterns of the heaving and pitching motions were compared with the experimental data in the literature. The model is limited in terms of reflecting lift, drag and moment coefficients due to the not being included the viscous effects, flow separation, stall etc.; however, in terms of capturing the wake patterns, the model is quite useful.