Question: distributed springs for Subdyn

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Dear everyone,
I am an undergraduate student and I am trying to simulate the 5MW OC3 Monopile with distributed springs under the mudline but i havent found a way to do it. Where should I look for?

Thank you very much in advance!

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Dear @Achilleas.Kazerakis,

See a similar question asked and answered in the following forum topic: Is there any subroutine to mannually assign distributed loads in Subdyn. In short: while SubDyn currently supports apparent fixity (AF) and coupled springs (CS) representations of the foundation, OpenFAST does not currently support a distributed springs (DS) representation of the foundation. That said, there is placeholder for future development of a DS model in the upcoming release of the SoilDyn module (but source code changes would be needed to implement that).

Best regards,

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Dear Mr Jonkman,

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,