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Master Thesis Model Design and Experimental Investigation of Floating Wind Turbine(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022) Özkol, Ünver; Özkol, Ünver; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyFloating offshore wind energy has great potential (which constitutes almost 80% of total offshore wind energy) to meet electricity demand of the world at the same time to reach net-zero emission goal by 2050. Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) are able to achieve highest capacity factor since local effects of the offshore terrains are lesser. Thus, it receives stronger and more stable wind. On the other hand, combined hydrodynamic and aerodynamic forces with 6 degrees of freedom (DoF) bring unsteadiness and there- fore, challenges on FOWT design. Furthermore, significant rotational motions, particu- larly pitch motion, lead the turbine to transient state which can not be simulated through conventional numerical tools. Therefore, to understand the dynamics of the FOWT, it is necessary to conduct experimental studies to obtain results by considering all the param- eters. The main aim of the thesis is to investigate the dynamic response of the FOWT under the extreme wind and wave conditions. A 1/40 Froude-scaled version of the Northel POYRA P36/300 mounted on the spar-type floating platform was developed by colleagues as a part of TUBITAK (217M451) project. In this thesis, experimental studies were car- ried out in the wave flume with a wind nozzle in the hydraulic laboratory of IZTECH Civil Engineering Department. Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) was scaled, and in- struments of the experiment were calibrated to characterize wind nozzle and wave maker, which are vital to obtaining reliable results. The wind nozzle was designed based on experimental data to reproduce correct Froude-scaled ABL.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.