


Several key challenges in the conventional basin experiment issues are discussed, including scaling issues coupling effects between aero-hydro and structural dynamic responses blade pitch control strategies experimental facilities and calibration methods. In this paper, a literature review of experimental-numerical methodologies and challenges for FOWTs is made. Therefore, it is of absolute necessity to find a more accurate, economic and efficient approach, which can be utilized to predict the full-scale global dynamic responses of FOWTs.

Due to the dissimilar scaling issues, the conventional experimental method of FOWTs can hardly be used directly to validate the full-scale global dynamic responses accurately.
