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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.
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.
This year, to achieve weight reduction and other goals, we incorporated three novel design features:
Non-vertical sides
Wooden tower
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.
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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