Hi everyone,
I am running OpenFAST simulations with the BeamDyn module option turned on.
I noticed the BeamDyn outputs I requested such as RootFxr,y&z RootMxr,y&z were missing in the output file. Also, the same thing happened with the Aerodyn output channels I request.
All the nodal outputs were in the output file only the ElastoDyn and BeamDyn channels were missing (not BeamDyn_Nodes, ElastoDyn_Nodes channels).
When I run with only ElastoDyn all outputs I request appear in the output.
Has anyone had this problem? Or is there something wrong with my input files? See below.
Kind regards.
------- OpenFAST example INPUT FILE -------------------------------------------
FAST Certification Test #18: NREL 5.0 MW Baseline Wind Turbine (Onshore)
---------------------- SIMULATION CONTROL --------------------------------------
True Echo - Echo input data to .ech (flag)
“FATAL” AbortLevel - Error level when simulation should abort (string) {“WARNING”, “SEVERE”, “FATAL”}
60 TMax - Total run time (s)
0.001 DT - Recommended module time step (s)
2 InterpOrder - Interpolation order for input/output time history (-) {1=linear, 2=quadratic}
0 NumCrctn - Number of correction iterations (-) {0=explicit calculation, i.e., no corrections}
99999 DT_UJac - Time between calls to get Jacobians (s)
1E+06 UJacSclFact - Scaling factor used in Jacobians (-)
---------------------- FEATURE SWITCHES AND FLAGS ------------------------------
2 CompElast - Compute structural dynamics (switch) {1=ElastoDyn; 2=ElastoDyn + BeamDyn for blades}
1 CompInflow - Compute inflow wind velocities (switch) {0=still air; 1=InflowWind; 2=external from OpenFOAM}
2 CompAero - Compute aerodynamic loads (switch) {0=None; 1=AeroDyn v14; 2=AeroDyn v15}
0 CompServo - Compute control and electrical-drive dynamics (switch) {0=None; 1=ServoDyn}
0 CompHydro - Compute hydrodynamic loads (switch) {0=None; 1=HydroDyn}
0 CompSub - Compute sub-structural dynamics (switch) {0=None; 1=SubDyn; 2=External Platform MCKF}
0 CompMooring - Compute mooring system (switch) {0=None; 1=MAP++; 2=FEAMooring; 3=MoorDyn; 4=OrcaFlex}
0 CompIce - Compute ice loads (switch) {0=None; 1=IceFloe; 2=IceDyn}
0 MHK - MHK turbine type (switch) {0=Not an MHK turbine; 1=Fixed MHK turbine; 2=Floating MHK turbine}
-------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS -----------------------------------------
9.80665 Gravity - Gravitational acceleration (m/s^2)
1.225 AirDens - Air density (kg/m^3)
1025 WtrDens - Water density (kg/m^3)
1.464E-05 KinVisc - Kinematic viscosity of working fluid (m^2/s)
335 SpdSound - Speed of sound in air (m/s)
103500 Patm - Atmospheric pressure ¶ [used only for an MHK turbine cavitation check]
1700 Pvap - Vapour pressure of working fluid ¶ [used only for an MHK turbine cavitation check]
50 WtrDpth - Water depth (m)
0 MSL2SWL - Offset between still-water level and mean sea level (m) [positive upward]
---------------------- INPUT FILES ---------------------------------------------
“NREL_5MW_ElastoDyn.dat” EDFile - Name of file containing ElastoDyn input parameters (quoted string)
“NREL_5MW_BeamDyn.dat” BDBldFile(1) - Name of file containing BeamDyn input parameters for blade 1 (quoted string)
“NREL_5MW_BeamDyn.dat” BDBldFile(2) - Name of file containing BeamDyn input parameters for blade 2 (quoted string)
“NREL_5MW_BeamDyn.dat” BDBldFile(3) - Name of file containing BeamDyn input parameters for blade 3 (quoted string)
“InflowFile_Steady.dat” InflowFile - Name of file containing inflow wind input parameters (quoted string)
“NREL_5MW_AeroDyn15.dat” AeroFile - Name of file containing aerodynamic input parameters (quoted string)
“unused” ServoFile - Name of file containing control and electrical-drive input parameters (quoted string)
“unused” HydroFile - Name of file containing hydrodynamic input parameters (quoted string)
“unused” SubFile - Name of file containing sub-structural input parameters (quoted string)
“unused” MooringFile - Name of file containing mooring system input parameters (quoted string)
“unused” IceFile - Name of file containing ice input parameters (quoted string)
---------------------- OUTPUT --------------------------------------------------
True SumPrint - Print summary data to “.sum” (flag)
5 SttsTime - Amount of time between screen status messages (s)
99999 ChkptTime - Amount of time between creating checkpoint files for potential restart (s)
“default” DT_Out - Time step for tabular output (s) (or “default”)
0 TStart - Time to begin tabular output (s)
0 OutFileFmt - Format for tabular (time-marching) output file (switch) {0: uncompressed binary [.outb], 1: text file [.out], 2: binary file [.outb], 3: both 1 and 2}
True TabDelim - Use tab delimiters in text tabular output file? (flag) {uses spaces if false}
“ES10.3E2” OutFmt - Format used for text tabular output, excluding the time channel. Resulting field should be 10 characters. (quoted string)
---------------------- LINEARIZATION -------------------------------------------
False Linearize - Linearization analysis (flag)
False CalcSteady - Calculate a steady-state periodic operating point before linearization? [unused if Linearize=False] (flag)
3 TrimCase - Controller parameter to be trimmed {1:yaw; 2:torque; 3:pitch} [used only if CalcSteady=True] (-)
0.001 TrimTol - Tolerance for the rotational speed convergence [used only if CalcSteady=True] (-)
0.01 TrimGain - Proportional gain for the rotational speed error (>0) [used only if CalcSteady=True] (rad/(rad/s) for yaw or pitch; Nm/(rad/s) for torque)
0 Twr_Kdmp - Damping factor for the tower [used only if CalcSteady=True] (N/(m/s))
0 Bld_Kdmp - Damping factor for the blades [used only if CalcSteady=True] (N/(m/s))
2 NLinTimes - Number of times to linearize (-) [>=1] [unused if Linearize=False]
30, 60 LinTimes - List of times at which to linearize (s) [1 to NLinTimes] [used only when Linearize=True and CalcSteady=False]
1 LinInputs - Inputs included in linearization (switch) {0=none; 1=standard; 2=all module inputs (debug)} [unused if Linearize=False]
1 LinOutputs - Outputs included in linearization (switch) {0=none; 1=from OutList(s); 2=all module outputs (debug)} [unused if Linearize=False]
False LinOutJac - Include full Jacobians in linearization output (for debug) (flag) [unused if Linearize=False; used only if LinInputs=LinOutputs=2]
False LinOutMod - Write module-level linearization output files in addition to output for full system? (flag) [unused if Linearize=False]
---------------------- VISUALIZATION ------------------------------------------
0 WrVTK - VTK visualization data output: (switch) {0=none; 1=initialization data only; 2=animation; 3=mode shapes}
1 VTK_type - Type of VTK visualization data: (switch) {1=surfaces; 2=basic meshes (lines/points); 3=all meshes (debug)} [unused if WrVTK=0]
true VTK_fields - Write mesh fields to VTK data files? (flag) {true/false} [unused if WrVTK=0]
15 VTK_fps - Frame rate for VTK output (frames per second){will use closest integer multiple of DT} [used only if WrVTK=2 or WrVTK=3]
------- ELASTODYN for OpenFAST INPUT FILE -------------------------------------------
NREL 5.0 MW Baseline Wind Turbine for Use in Offshore Analysis. Properties from Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Converter (DOWEC) 6MW Pre-Design (10046_009.pdf) and REpower 5M 5MW (5m_uk.pdf)
---------------------- SIMULATION CONTROL --------------------------------------
False Echo - Echo input data to “.ech” (flag)
3 Method - Integration method: {1: RK4, 2: AB4, or 3: ABM4} (-)
“DEFAULT” DT - Integration time step (s)
---------------------- DEGREES OF FREEDOM --------------------------------------
False FlapDOF1 - First flapwise blade mode DOF (flag)
False FlapDOF2 - Second flapwise blade mode DOF (flag)
False EdgeDOF - First edgewise blade mode DOF (flag)
False TeetDOF - Rotor-teeter DOF (flag) [unused for 3 blades]
False DrTrDOF - Drivetrain rotational-flexibility DOF (flag)
False GenDOF - Generator DOF (flag)
False YawDOF - Yaw DOF (flag)
False TwFADOF1 - First fore-aft tower bending-mode DOF (flag)
False TwFADOF2 - Second fore-aft tower bending-mode DOF (flag)
False TwSSDOF1 - First side-to-side tower bending-mode DOF (flag)
False TwSSDOF2 - Second side-to-side tower bending-mode DOF (flag)
False PtfmSgDOF - Platform horizontal surge translation DOF (flag)
False PtfmSwDOF - Platform horizontal sway translation DOF (flag)
False PtfmHvDOF - Platform vertical heave translation DOF (flag)
False PtfmRDOF - Platform roll tilt rotation DOF (flag)
False PtfmPDOF - Platform pitch tilt rotation DOF (flag)
False PtfmYDOF - Platform yaw rotation DOF (flag)
---------------------- INITIAL CONDITIONS --------------------------------------
0 OoPDefl - Initial out-of-plane blade-tip displacement (meters)
0 IPDefl - Initial in-plane blade-tip deflection (meters)
0 BlPitch(1) - Blade 1 initial pitch (degrees)
0 BlPitch(2) - Blade 2 initial pitch (degrees)
0 BlPitch(3) - Blade 3 initial pitch (degrees) [unused for 2 blades]
0 TeetDefl - Initial or fixed teeter angle (degrees) [unused for 3 blades]
0 Azimuth - Initial azimuth angle for blade 1 (degrees)
12.1 RotSpeed - Initial or fixed rotor speed (rpm)
0 NacYaw - Initial or fixed nacelle-yaw angle (degrees)
0 TTDspFA - Initial fore-aft tower-top displacement (meters)
0 TTDspSS - Initial side-to-side tower-top displacement (meters)
0 PtfmSurge - Initial or fixed horizontal surge translational displacement of platform (meters)
0 PtfmSway - Initial or fixed horizontal sway translational displacement of platform (meters)
0 PtfmHeave - Initial or fixed vertical heave translational displacement of platform (meters)
0 PtfmRoll - Initial or fixed roll tilt rotational displacement of platform (degrees)
0 PtfmPitch - Initial or fixed pitch tilt rotational displacement of platform (degrees)
0 PtfmYaw - Initial or fixed yaw rotational displacement of platform (degrees)
---------------------- TURBINE CONFIGURATION -----------------------------------
3 NumBl - Number of blades (-)
63 TipRad - The distance from the rotor apex to the blade tip (meters)
1.5 HubRad - The distance from the rotor apex to the blade root (meters)
-2.5 PreCone(1) - Blade 1 cone angle (degrees)
-2.5 PreCone(2) - Blade 2 cone angle (degrees)
-2.5 PreCone(3) - Blade 3 cone angle (degrees) [unused for 2 blades]
0 HubCM - Distance from rotor apex to hub mass [positive downwind] (meters)
0 UndSling - Undersling length [distance from teeter pin to the rotor apex] (meters) [unused for 3 blades]
0 Delta3 - Delta-3 angle for teetering rotors (degrees) [unused for 3 blades]
0 AzimB1Up - Azimuth value to use for I/O when blade 1 points up (degrees)
-5.0191 OverHang - Distance from yaw axis to rotor apex [3 blades] or teeter pin [2 blades] (meters)
1.912 ShftGagL - Distance from rotor apex [3 blades] or teeter pin [2 blades] to shaft strain gages [positive for upwind rotors] (meters)
0.0 ShftTilt - Rotor shaft tilt angle (degrees)
1.9 NacCMxn - Downwind distance from the tower-top to the nacelle CM (meters)
0 NacCMyn - Lateral distance from the tower-top to the nacelle CM (meters)
1.75 NacCMzn - Vertical distance from the tower-top to the nacelle CM (meters)
-3.09528 NcIMUxn - Downwind distance from the tower-top to the nacelle IMU (meters)
0 NcIMUyn - Lateral distance from the tower-top to the nacelle IMU (meters)
2.23336 NcIMUzn - Vertical distance from the tower-top to the nacelle IMU (meters)
1.96256 Twr2Shft - Vertical distance from the tower-top to the rotor shaft (meters)
87.6 TowerHt - Height of tower above ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] (meters)
0 TowerBsHt - Height of tower base above ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] (meters)
0 PtfmCMxt - Downwind distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the platform CM (meters)
0 PtfmCMyt - Lateral distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the platform CM (meters)
0 PtfmCMzt - Vertical distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the platform CM (meters)
0 PtfmRefzt - Vertical distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the platform reference point (meters)
---------------------- MASS AND INERTIA ----------------------------------------
0 TipMass(1) - Tip-brake mass, blade 1 (kg)
0 TipMass(2) - Tip-brake mass, blade 2 (kg)
0 TipMass(3) - Tip-brake mass, blade 3 (kg) [unused for 2 blades]
56780 HubMass - Hub mass (kg)
115926 HubIner - Hub inertia about rotor axis [3 blades] or teeter axis [2 blades] (kg m^2)
534.116 GenIner - Generator inertia about HSS (kg m^2)
240000 NacMass - Nacelle mass (kg)
2.60789E+06 NacYIner - Nacelle inertia about yaw axis (kg m^2)
0 YawBrMass - Yaw bearing mass (kg)
0 PtfmMass - Platform mass (kg)
0 PtfmRIner - Platform inertia for roll tilt rotation about the platform CM (kg m^2)
0 PtfmPIner - Platform inertia for pitch tilt rotation about the platform CM (kg m^2)
0 PtfmYIner - Platform inertia for yaw rotation about the platform CM (kg m^2)
---------------------- BLADE ---------------------------------------------------
21 BldNodes - Number of blade nodes (per blade) used for analysis (-)
“…/NREL_5MW_Blade_Elasto_data.dat” BldFile(1) - Name of file containing properties for blade 1 (quoted string)
“…/NREL_5MW_Blade_Elasto_data.dat” BldFile(2) - Name of file containing properties for blade 2 (quoted string)
“…/NREL_5MW_Blade_Elasto_data.dat” BldFile(3) - Name of file containing properties for blade 3 (quoted string) [unused for 2 blades]
---------------------- ROTOR-TEETER --------------------------------------------
0 TeetMod - Rotor-teeter spring/damper model {0: none, 1: standard, 2: user-defined from routine UserTeet} (switch) [unused for 3 blades]
0 TeetDmpP - Rotor-teeter damper position (degrees) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
0 TeetDmp - Rotor-teeter damping constant (N-m/(rad/s)) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
0 TeetCDmp - Rotor-teeter rate-independent Coulomb-damping moment (N-m) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
0 TeetSStP - Rotor-teeter soft-stop position (degrees) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
0 TeetHStP - Rotor-teeter hard-stop position (degrees) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
0 TeetSSSp - Rotor-teeter soft-stop linear-spring constant (N-m/rad) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
0 TeetHSSp - Rotor-teeter hard-stop linear-spring constant (N-m/rad) [used only for 2 blades and when TeetMod=1]
---------------------- DRIVETRAIN ----------------------------------------------
100 GBoxEff - Gearbox efficiency (%)
97 GBRatio - Gearbox ratio (-)
8.67637E+08 DTTorSpr - Drivetrain torsional spring (N-m/rad)
6.215E+06 DTTorDmp - Drivetrain torsional damper (N-m/(rad/s))
---------------------- FURLING -------------------------------------------------
False Furling - Read in additional model properties for furling turbine (flag) [must currently be FALSE)
“unused” FurlFile - Name of file containing furling properties (quoted string) [unused when Furling=False]
---------------------- TOWER ---------------------------------------------------
20 TwrNodes - Number of tower nodes used for analysis (-)
“…/NREL_5MW_Tower.dat” TwrFile - Name of file containing tower properties (quoted string)
---------------------- OUTPUT --------------------------------------------------
False SumPrint - Print summary data to “.sum” (flag)
1 OutFile - Switch to determine where output will be placed: {1: in module output file only; 2: in glue code output file only; 3: both} (currently unused)
True TabDelim - Use tab delimiters in text tabular output file? (flag) (currently unused)
“ES10.3E2” OutFmt - Format used for text tabular output (except time). Resulting field should be 10 characters. (quoted string) (currently unused)
0 TStart - Time to begin tabular output (s) (currently unused)
1 DecFact - Decimation factor for tabular output {1: output every time step} (-) (currently unused)
0 NTwGages - Number of tower nodes that have strain gages for output [0 to 9] (-)
10, 19, 28 TwrGagNd - List of tower nodes that have strain gages [1 to TwrNodes] (-) [unused if NTwGages=0]
3 NBlGages - Number of blade nodes that have strain gages for output [0 to 9] (-)
5, 9, 13 BldGagNd - List of blade nodes that have strain gages [1 to BldNodes] (-) [unused if NBlGages=0]
OutList - The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing of available output channels, (-)
“Azimuth”
“BldPitch1”
“GenSpeed”
“IPDefl1”
“OoPDefl1”
“TipDxb1”
“TipDyb1”
“RootFxc1”
“RootFyc1”
“RootFzc1”
“RootMxc1”
“RootMyc1”
“RootMzc1”
“RotSpeed”
“RotTorq”
END of input file (the word “END” must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList line)
====== Outputs for all blade stations (same ending as above for B1N1… =========================== [optional section]
1 BldNd_BladesOut - Number of blades to output all node information at. Up to number of blades on turbine. (-)
“All” BldNd_BlOutNd - Future feature will allow selecting a portion of the nodes to output. Not implemented yet. (-)
OutList - The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing of available output channels, (-)
ALx
ALy
ALz
TDx
TDy
TDz
MLx
MLy
MLz
FLx
FLy
FLz
END (of optional section)
--------- BEAMDYN with OpenFAST INPUT FILE -------------------------------------------
NREL 5MW blade
---------------------- SIMULATION CONTROL --------------------------------------
False Echo - Echo input data to “.ech”? (flag)
False QuasiStaticInit - Use quasi-static pre-conditioning with centripetal accelerations in initialization? (flag) [dynamic solve only]
0 rhoinf - Numerical damping parameter for generalized-alpha integrator
2 quadrature - Quadrature method: 1=Gaussian; 2=Trapezoidal (switch)
“DEFAULT” refine - Refinement factor for trapezoidal quadrature (-) [DEFAULT = 1; used only when quadrature=2]
“DEFAULT” n_fact - Factorization frequency for the Jacobian in N-R iteration(-) [DEFAULT = 5]
“DEFAULT” DTBeam - Time step size (s)
“DEFAULT” load_retries - Number of factored load retries before quitting the simulation [DEFAULT = 20]
“DEFAULT” NRMax - Max number of iterations in Newton-Raphson algorithm (-) [DEFAULT = 10]
“DEFAULT” stop_tol - Tolerance for stopping criterion (-) [DEFAULT = 1E-5]
“DEFAULT” tngt_stf_fd - Use finite differenced tangent stiffness matrix? (flag)
“DEFAULT” tngt_stf_comp - Compare analytical finite differenced tangent stiffness matrix? (flag)
“DEFAULT” tngt_stf_pert - Perturbation size for finite differencing (-) [DEFAULT = 1E-6]
“DEFAULT” tngt_stf_difftol - Maximum allowable relative difference between analytical and fd tangent stiffness (-); [DEFAULT = 0.1]
True RotStates - Orient states in the rotating frame during linearization? (flag) [used only when linearizing]
---------------------- GEOMETRY PARAMETER --------------------------------------
1 member_total - Total number of members (-)
49 kp_total - Total number of key points (-) [must be at least 3]
1 49 - Member number; Number of key points in this member
kp_xr kp_yr kp_zr initial_twist
(m) (m) (m) (deg)
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.9987500E-01 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.1998650E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 2.1998550E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 3.1998450E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 4.1998350E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.1998250E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 6.1998150E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 7.1998050E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 8.2010250E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 9.1997850E+00 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.0199775E+01 1.3308000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.1199765E+01 1.3181000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.2199755E+01 1.2848000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.3200975E+01 1.2192000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.4199735E+01 1.1561000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.5199725E+01 1.1072000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.6199715E+01 1.0792000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 1.8200925E+01 1.0232000E+01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 2.0200290E+01 9.6720000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 2.2200270E+01 9.1100000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 2.4200250E+01 8.5340000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 2.6200230E+01 7.9320000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 2.8200825E+01 7.3210000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 3.0200190E+01 6.7110000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 3.2200170E+01 6.1220000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 3.4200150E+01 5.5460000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 3.6200130E+01 4.9710000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 3.8200725E+01 4.4010000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 4.0200090E+01 3.8340000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 4.2200070E+01 3.3320000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 4.4200050E+01 2.8900000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 4.6200030E+01 2.5030000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 4.8201240E+01 2.1160000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.0199990E+01 1.7300000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.2199970E+01 1.3420000E+00
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.4199950E+01 9.5400000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.5199940E+01 7.6000000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.6199930E+01 5.7400000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.7199920E+01 4.0400000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.7699915E+01 3.1900000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.8201140E+01 2.5300000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.8699905E+01 2.1600000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.9199900E+01 1.7800000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 5.9699895E+01 1.4000000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 6.0199890E+01 1.0100000E-01
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 6.0699885E+01 6.2000000E-02
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 6.1199880E+01 2.3000000E-02
0.0000000E+00 0.0000000E+00 6.1500000E+01 0.0000000E+00
---------------------- MESH PARAMETER ------------------------------------------
5 order_elem - Order of interpolation (basis) function (-)
---------------------- MATERIAL PARAMETER --------------------------------------
“…/NREL_5MW_BeamDyn_Blade.dat” BldFile - Name of file containing properties for blade (quoted string)
---------------------- PITCH ACTUATOR PARAMETERS -------------------------------
False UsePitchAct - Whether a pitch actuator should be used (flag)
200 PitchJ - Pitch actuator inertia (kg-m^2) [used only when UsePitchAct is true]
2E+07 PitchK - Pitch actuator stiffness (kg-m^2/s^2) [used only when UsePitchAct is true]
500000 PitchC - Pitch actuator damping (kg-m^2/s) [used only when UsePitchAct is true]
---------------------- OUTPUTS -------------------------------------------------
False SumPrint - Print summary data to “.sum” (flag)
“ES10.3E2” OutFmt - Format used for text tabular output, excluding the time channel.
2 NNodeOuts - Number of nodes to output to file [0 - 9] (-)
1, 3 OutNd - Nodes whose values will be output (-)
OutList - The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing of available output channels, (-)
“RootFxr, RootFyr, RootFzr”
“RootMxr, RootMyr, RootMzr”
“TipTDxr, TipTDyr, TipTDzr”
“TipRDxr, TipRDyr, TipRDzr”
END of input file (the word “END” must appear in the first 3 columns of the last OutList line)
====== Outputs for all blade stations (same ending as above for B1N1… =========================== (optional section)
“All” BldNd_BlOutNd - Future feature will allow selecting a portion of the nodes to output. Not implemented yet. (-)
OutList - The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing of available output channels, (-)
“TDxr, TDyr, TDzr”
“TVxr, TVyr, TVzr”
“TAxr, TAyr, TAzr”
“RDxr, RDyr, RDzr”
“RVxr, RVyr, RVzr”
“RAxr, RAyr, RAzr”
“Fxr, Fyr, Fzr”
“Mxr, Myr, Mzr”
END of input file (the word “END” must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList line)
