A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the

turbine to generate electricity in water depths where fixed-foundation turbines are not feasible.[1]
Floating wind farms have the potential to significantly increase the sea area available for offshore
wind farms, especially in countries with limited shallow waters, such as Japan. Locating wind farms
farther offshore can also reduce visual pollution,[1] provide better accommodation for fishing and
shipping lanes,[2][3] and reach stronger and more consistent winds.
Aerodynamics, from Greek ἀήρ aer (air) + δυναμική (dynamics), is the study of the motion of air,
particularly its interaction with a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction
or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a
surrounding fluid.
Wind shear (or windshear), sometimes referred to as wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed
and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Atmospheric wind shear is
normally described as either vertical or horizontal wind shear. Vertical wind shear is a change in
wind speed or direction with change in altitude. Horizontal wind shear is a change in wind speed with
change in lateral position for a given altitude.[1]
The wind profile power law is a relationship between the wind speeds at one height, and those at
another.
In science, buckling is a mathematical instability that leads to a failure mode.