Use of Coherent structures files in FAST8

Wind & Water Computer-Aided Engineering Software Tools
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Hi,
Are there any parameters which need to be added in InflowWind or Aerodyn15 input files for FAST8 when you are using a turbsimoutput file that has a .cts coherent structures file associated with it?
Thanks
James

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Dear James,

The use of the “Superimposed coherent turbulent structures (*.cts files)” associated with TurbSim output is one of the few features that were available in FAST v7 that was not implemented in FAST v8 (or OpenFAST v1.0), at least not yet. If you want to use those, it would be easiest to use FAST v7 (sorry).

Best regards,