Semi-Submersible Design Methodology

For details of the code implementation, please see Semi-Submersible Design API.

Overview

The semi-submersible design module in ORBIT is based on previous modeling efforts undertaken by NREL, [1]. The technical documentation for this tool can be found here <https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/66874.pdf>_.

References

[1]

Michael Maness, Benjamin Maples, Aaron Smith, NREL Offshore Balance-of-System Model, 2017