RESEARCH

Offshore Dynamics
& Floating Systems

Floater Dynamics Laboratory investigates coupled offshore system dynamics, marine hydrodynamics, offshore control technologies, digital twins, and future ocean engineering systems.

Dynamics, Control,
and Future Offshore Systems

Floater Dynamics Laboratory investigates advanced offshore systems through coupled hydrodynamics, intelligent control, numerical simulation, and digital engineering technologies.

Offshore Floating Systems

Dynamics and performance analysis of floating offshore platforms including semi-submersibles, TLPs, spars, and next-generation ocean structures.

Floater–Mooring Coupled Dynamics

Fully coupled time-domain analysis of offshore floating bodies, mooring systems, and environmental loads under extreme ocean conditions.

Marine Hydrodynamics

Investigation of nonlinear wave-body interaction, radiation/diffraction phenomena, and computational offshore hydrodynamics.

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Coupled aero-hydro-servo-elastic dynamics, platform optimization, and structural response analysis for floating wind systems.

Digital Twin & AI

Data-driven offshore system monitoring, digital twin frameworks, and AI-assisted prediction for marine structures.

Offshore Control Systems

Advanced offshore control methodologies for motion stabilization, energy optimization, and intelligent marine operations.

Sponsored Research Projects

Floater Dynamics Laboratory has conducted research projects supported by government agencies, national laboratories, and offshore industries in the fields of offshore floating systems, marine renewable energy, hydrodynamics, and coupled dynamics.

Principal Investigator

2025 Samsung Heavy Industries

Development of a Numerical Analysis Model for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2024 KRISO

Performance Analysis Study of a Novel Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Concept

2024–2027 KIAT

Spanish–Korean Improvements in LCOE Reduction and High-Density Wind Farm Layouts with a Floating Multi-Turbine Solution (SKILLS)

2024 Korea Institute of Energy Research

Frequency Influence Analysis for a 2-Bladed TLP-Type Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

2024 POSCO

Optimization of Morison Coefficients by Floating Body Shape and Incident Wave Frequency

2023–2024 Samsung Heavy Industries

Design of a Floater–Mooring System for 15–20 MW Class Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2023 Korea Institute of Energy Research

Transient Response and Load Analysis under Extreme Conditions of TLP-Type Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2022–2023 POSCO

Design Study for Hybrid Mooring System Arrangement of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2023–2025 Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

Development of Fixed Offshore Green Hydrogen Production Technology Connected to Marine Renewable Energy

2021–2022 Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Innovative Technology Research Center for Floating Offshore Foundations

2021–2022 POSCO

Verification Study for Substructure Design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2021 Marine Tech-In

Analysis of Ocean Environmental Conditions for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2021–2024 National Research Foundation of Korea

Optimal Control of Pitch-Type Wave Energy Converters Using Reinforcement Learning

2017–2020 National Research Foundation of Korea

Contra-Rotating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for Motion Stability of Floating Platforms

2016–2021 Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Development of Fundamental Technologies for a 1 MW Class Arrayed-Buoy Wave Energy Converter under Various Sea Conditions

2015–2016 POSCO

Design Basis and Coupled Analysis for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

2015–2016 KRISO

Development of a Two-Way Coupled Dynamic Analysis Program for a Wave–Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation Platform with Wave Energy Converters

2014–2015 KRISO

Development of a One-Way Coupled Dynamic Analysis Program for a Wave–Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation Platform with Wave Energy Converters

Co-Investigator

2014–2016 Korea Institute of Energy Research

Floater Design for a Floating Metocean Data Measurement System

2014–2016 KRISO

Development of Wave Energy Converters for a Wave–Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation Platform