Producing Step wind or wind gust

Wind & Water Computer-Aided Engineering Software Tools
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Dear all,

I’m trying to check if my controller is functioning well and I need to check its response to wind gust &\ step wind. Is there a function implemented in FAST for that? If not how would you recommend to do so?
I checked the FAST and AeroDyn manuals but couldn’t find much.

Best regards
Masih

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Dear Masih,

Please see my post dated Mar 05, 2014 in the following forum topic where I provide an example of a wind file with wind-speed steps: Beginner Guide for MATLAB Simulink and FAST - #12 by Jason.Jonkman. Please note that what were formerly called AeroDyn “hub-height” wind files are called “uniform wind files” in the InflowWind module of FAST v8 and OpenFAST.

Best regards,

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Dear Jason,

Thank you for your answer. Are you sure this is the right link? Because there I couldn’t find any post from you on that date.

Best regards
Masih

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Yes, the post has the following date/time stamp: Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:19 am.

Best regards,