Hello everyone,
I am interested in applying structural control in FOWT. Indeed, a tuned mass damper will be attached to the structure and will be given a force in order to enhance its vibration mitigation capability.
In order to achieve this in OpenFAST, there are two ways (I am using windows OS):
1- Modification of the source code in StrucCtrl.f90
2- Use of the EX_Bladed_Interface.
As a first test, i modified the source code (option 1), then i recompile OpenFAST using Visual Studio 2019. To compile, I choose Release and x64 (my computer is x64 bit processor) and click on Build —> Rebuild Solution (see figure).
Compiling OpenFAST was successful ! No errors in the code and i run a simulation with the compiled openfast and i have seen the effect of the modification i have done, on the response. However, this method of working is not practical.
My question is how to compile a dll of type bladed in visual studio. Steps ? manual ?
Does anyone has worked on this before ?
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
Riad