Hello,
I am working with a code that still uses an old version of AeroDyn v14. I wanted to print spanwise quantities along the blade span such as lift coefficient, drag coefficients, etc. by using `PRINT` in the AeroDyn input file:
I get a filename <RootName>.AD.out, and when I visualize the results, I see that almost everything is included for each blade node (i = 1 to 45), except the velocity components; where only the latest (i.e., i = 45) component is present (in this case, only VX45, VY45, and VZ45 are there).
Is there a way to output VX, VY, VZ for all blade nodes for i = 1 to 45?
Best regards,
Y.Thiziri
Dear @Yoor.Thiziri,
The PRINT option in the old AeroDyn v14 generated am element output file that only contained the velocity components of the most outboard element. I’m not sure why this decision was made, but it was certainly limited in that way. You’ll have to change the source code and recompile if you want other outputs generated, or upgrade to AeroDyn v15 within OpenFAST.
Best regards,
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Dear @Jason.Jonkman
Thank you for your reply. I checked the source code (specifically in the AeroSubs.f90 file) and fortunately the parser checks for the presence of WIND word to print the velocity components separately for all blades and all blade elements in .wind file:
So I just added the word WIND next to each PRINT in AeroDyn14 input file
Once I run the simulation, I got the RootName.AD.out.wind file:
Best regards,
Y.Thiziri
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