Doubts about the blade of the 15 MW reference OWT

Dear @Alberto.Utrera,

All of these terms can be inferred from the 6x6 cross-sectional mass and stiffness matrices contained within the BeamDyn blade input file: IEA-15-240-RWT/OpenFAST/IEA-15-240-RWT/IEA-15-240-RWT_BeamDyn_blade.dat at master · IEAWindSystems/IEA-15-240-RWT · GitHub. That is:

  • EA is the (3,3) element of the stiffness matrix
  • GJ is the (6,6) element of the stiffness matrix
  • The inertial twist (relative to the twist used to define the BeamDyn reference axes) can be obtained by the (4,5) and/or (5,4) elements of the mass matrix

More information on each term of the 6x6 cross-sectional mass and stiffness matrices is available in the following documentation:

Best regards,