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2025.07.08

The results of Floating Wind Challenge 2025

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Floating Wind Challenge 2025

We, the "IBO Gyudon" team, participated in the Floating Wind Challenge 2025, a model design and analysis competition for floating offshore wind turbines. Our team consisted of eight students from the University of Tokyo, Yokohama National University, and Hirosaki University.
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The team name "IBO Gyudon" was inspired by the concept of "easy, affordable, and high-performance," which is a twist on the gyudon's characteristics of "fast, cheap, and delicious." The competition was held this year in Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is a highly challenging and free-form event that requires a wide range of skills, including not only specialized knowledge in fluid dynamics and structural mechanics but also practical design and team management abilities. We created a floating structure, balancing feasibility with novelty while overcoming various challenges, and successfully deployed it in the actual sea.
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This year, to achieve weight reduction and other goals, we incorporated three novel design features:

  1. Non-vertical sides

  2. Wooden tower

  3. Symmetrical floating body

Through this competition, we learned the difficulty of balancing feasibility and novelty while also considering real-world application. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of our team, we were able to win the competition.
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We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who supported us. Moving forward, we intend to leverage this experience to contribute to the social implementation of floating offshore wind turbines.

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SEKIGUCHI, Masamune (Master Course)
SEKIGUCHI, Masamune

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