Floating System Engineering
Front Energies delivers engineering solutions for offshore floating systems. It applies experience from the oil and gas industry to the renewable energy sector, specifically supporting the development of floating wind turbine projects.
Integrated time domain structural analysis including strength, buckling, and fatigue checks for offshore floating structures.
Evaluation of structural capacity and buckling limits under extreme cyclic loading conditions.
Time-domain fatigue life evaluation using specialized simulation tools.
Simulation of dynamic structural responses coupled with hydroelastic wave interactions.
Comprehensive design services for floating offshore platforms, spanning initial concept through detailed engineering.
Development of customized hull structures and configuration optimizations for floating wind and marine systems.
Design of robust mooring systems and dynamic cable/riser configurations to minimize hull motions.
Independent technical advisory, comparative concept evaluations, and design verification for offshore wind developers.
Standardized dynamic structural and performance comparisons across multiple floating platform concepts.
Workshops and software training sessions for structural and hydrodynamic analysis packages.
Hands-on demonstration and training programs for time-domain dynamic structural analysis software.
Wind · Oil & Gas · Marine · Renewable Energy
Daejeon, South Korea · Wind · 2022 · Client: Korean Research Institute of Ships and Ocean (KRISO)
Collaborative design and verification of a floating substructure and mooring system optimized for 15 MW wind turbines in the South Korean market. The design received Approval in Principle from the Korean Register after successful physical model basin tests.