------- ELASTODYN v1.03.* INPUT FILE ------------------------------------------- Vestas 164-8.0 MW (modified from OC4 TOWER+ 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) ---------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION --------------------------------- 9.80665 Gravity - Gravitational acceleration (m/s^2) ---------------------- DEGREES OF FREEDOM -------------------------------------- True FlapDOF1 - First flapwise blade mode DOF (flag) True FlapDOF2 - Second flapwise blade mode DOF (flag) True EdgeDOF - First edgewise blade mode DOF (flag) False TeetDOF - Rotor-teeter DOF (flag) [unused for 3 blades] True DrTrDOF - Drivetrain rotational-flexibility DOF (flag) True GenDOF - Generator DOF (flag) True YawDOF - Yaw DOF (flag) True TwFADOF1 - First fore-aft tower bending-mode DOF (flag) True TwFADOF2 - Second fore-aft tower bending-mode DOF (flag) True TwSSDOF1 - First side-to-side tower bending-mode DOF (flag) True TwSSDOF2 - Second side-to-side tower bending-mode DOF (flag) True PtfmSgDOF - Platform horizontal surge translation DOF (flag) True PtfmSwDOF - Platform horizontal sway translation DOF (flag) True PtfmHvDOF - Platform vertical heave translation DOF (flag) True PtfmRDOF - Platform roll tilt rotation DOF (flag) True PtfmPDOF - Platform pitch tilt rotation DOF (flag) True 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) 10.5 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) -0.002 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 (-) 82 TipRad - The distance from the rotor apex to the blade tip (meters) 3.5 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) -7.0000 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) -5 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) 108.00 TowerHt - Height of tower above ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] (meters) 12.00 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) 12.00 PtfmCMzt - Vertical distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the platform CM (meters) 12.00 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] 73860 HubMass - Hub mass (kg) 150798 HubIner - Hub inertia about rotor axis [3 blades] or teeter axis [2 blades] (kg m^2) 694.785 GenIner - Generator inertia about HSS (kg m^2) 316140 NacMass - Nacelle mass (kg) 3.43372E+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) 1.32987E+07 PtfmYIner - Platform inertia for yaw rotation about the platform CM (kg m^2) ---------------------- BLADE --------------------------------------------------- 17 BldNodes - Number of blade nodes (per blade) used for analysis (-) "Vestas8MW_Blade.dat" BldFile(1) - Name of file containing properties for blade 1 (quoted string) "Vestas8MW_Blade.dat" BldFile(2) - Name of file containing properties for blade 2 (quoted string) "Vestas8MW_Blade.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 (-) "Vestas8MW_HybridBase_ElastoDyn_Tower.dat" TwrFile - Name of file containing tower properties (quoted string) ---------------------- OUTPUT -------------------------------------------------- True SumPrint - Print summary data to ".sum" (flag) 2 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) 30 TStart - Time to begin tabular output (s) (currently unused) 1 DecFact - Decimation factor for tabular output {1: output every time step} (-) (currently unused) 1 NTwGages - Number of tower nodes that have strain gages for output [0 to 9] (-) 20 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, (-) "OoPDefl1 , IPDefl1 , TwstDefl1" - Blade 1 out-of-plane and in-plane deflections and tip twist "BldPitch1" - Blade 1 pitch angle "Azimuth" - Blade 1 azimuth angle "RotSpeed , GenSpeed" - Low-speed shaft and high-speed shaft speeds "TTDspFA , TTDspSS , TTDspTwst" - Tower fore-aft and side-to-side displacements and top twist "Spn2MLxb1, Spn2MLyb1" - Blade 1 local edgewise and flapwise bending moments at span station 2 (approx. 50% span) "RootFxc1 , RootFyc1 , RootFzc1" - Out-of-plane shear, in-plane shear, and axial forces at the root of blade 1 "RootMxc1 , RootMyc1 , RootMzc1" - In-plane bending, out-of-plane bending, and pitching moments at the root of blade 1 "RotTorq , LSSGagMya, LSSGagMza" - Rotor torque and low-speed shaft 0- and 90-bending moments at the main bearing "YawBrFxp , YawBrFyp , YawBrFzp" - Fore-aft shear, side-to-side shear, and vertical forces at the top of the tower (not rotating with nacelle yaw) "YawBrMxp , YawBrMyp , YawBrMzp" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the top of the tower (not rotating with nacelle yaw) "TwrBsMxt , TwrBsMyt , TwrBsMzt" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the mudline "PtfmSurge, PtfmSway , PtfmHeave" - TP translational displacements "PtfmRoll , PtfmPitch, PtfmYaw" - TP rotational displacements END of input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList line) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------