------- HydroDyn v2.03.* Input File -------------------------------------------- NREL 5.0 MW offshore baseline floating platform HydroDyn input properties for the TLP. False Echo - Echo the input file data (flag) ---------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS -------------------------------- 1025 WtrDens - Water density (kg/m^3) 150 WtrDpth - Water depth (meters) 0 MSL2SWL - Offset between still-water level and mean sea level (meters) [positive upward; unused when WaveMod = 6; must be zero if PotMod=1 or 2] ---------------------- WAVES --------------------------------------------------- 0 WaveMod - Incident wave kinematics model {0: none=still water, 1: regular (periodic), 1P#: regular with user-specified phase, 2: JONSWAP/Pierson-Moskowitz spectrum (irregular), 3: White noise spectrum (irregular), 4: user-defined spectrum from routine UserWaveSpctrm (irregular), 5: Externally generated wave-elevation time series, 6: Externally generated full wave-kinematics time series [option 6 is invalid for PotMod/=0]} (switch) 0 WaveStMod - Model for stretching incident wave kinematics to instantaneous free surface {0: none=no stretching, 1: vertical stretching, 2: extrapolation stretching, 3: Wheeler stretching} (switch) [unused when WaveMod=0 or when PotMod/=0] 3630 WaveTMax - Analysis time for incident wave calculations (sec) [unused when WaveMod=0; determines WaveDOmega=2Pi/WaveTMax in the IFFT] 0.25 WaveDT - Time step for incident wave calculations (sec) [unused when WaveMod=0; 0.1<=WaveDT<=1.0 recommended; determines WaveOmegaMax=Pi/WaveDT in the IFFT] 2 WaveHs - Significant wave height of incident waves (meters) [used only when WaveMod=1, 1, or 3] 6 WaveTp - Peak-spectral period of incident waves (sec) [used only when WaveMod=6 or 6] "DEFAULT" WavePkShp - Peak-shape parameter of incident wave spectrum (-) or DEFAULT (string) [used only when WaveMod=2; use 1.0 for Pierson-Moskowitz] 0 WvLowCOff - Low cut-off frequency or lower frequency limit of the wave spectrum beyond which the wave spectrum is zeroed (rad/s) [unused when WaveMod=0, 1, or 6] 500 WvHiCOff - High cut-off frequency or upper frequency limit of the wave spectrum beyond which the wave spectrum is zeroed (rad/s) [unused when WaveMod=0, 1, or 6] 0 WaveDir - Incident wave propagation heading direction (degrees) [unused when WaveMod=0 or 6] 0 WaveDirMod - Directional spreading function {0: none, 1: COS2S} (-) [only used when WaveMod=2,3, or 4] 1 WaveDirSpread - Wave direction spreading coefficient ( > 0 ) (-) [only used when WaveMod=2,3, or 4 and WaveDirMod=1] 1 WaveNDir - Number of wave directions (-) [only used when WaveMod=2,3, or 4 and WaveDirMod=1; odd number only] 90 WaveDirRange - Range of wave directions (full range: WaveDir +/- 1/2*WaveDirRange) (degrees) [only used when WaveMod=2,3,or 4 and WaveDirMod=1] 123456789 WaveSeed(1) - First random seed of incident waves [-2147483648 to 2147483647] (-) [unused when WaveMod=0, 5, or 6] 1011121314 WaveSeed(2) - Second random seed of incident waves [-2147483648 to 2147483647] (-) [unused when WaveMod=0, 5, or 6] TRUE WaveNDAmp - Flag for normally distributed amplitudes (flag) [only used when WaveMod=2, 3, or 4] "" WvKinFile - Root name of externally generated wave data file(s) (quoted string) [used only when WaveMod=5 or 6] 1 NWaveElev - Number of points where the incident wave elevations can be computed (-) [maximum of 9 output locations] 0 WaveElevxi - List of xi-coordinates for points where the incident wave elevations can be output (meters) [NWaveElev points, separated by commas or white space; usused if NWaveElev = 0] 0 WaveElevyi - List of yi-coordinates for points where the incident wave elevations can be output (meters) [NWaveElev points, separated by commas or white space; usused if NWaveElev = 0] ---------------------- 2ND-ORDER WAVES ----------------------------------------- [unused with WaveMod=0 or 6] False WvDiffQTF - Full difference-frequency 2nd-order wave kinematics (flag) False WvSumQTF - Full summation-frequency 2nd-order wave kinematics (flag) 0 WvLowCOffD - Low frequency cutoff used in the difference-frequencies (rad/s) [Only used with a difference-frequency method] 3.5 WvHiCOffD - High frequency cutoff used in the difference-frequencies (rad/s) [Only used with a difference-frequency method] 0.1 WvLowCOffS - Low frequency cutoff used in the summation-frequencies (rad/s) [Only used with a summation-frequency method] 3.5 WvHiCOffS - High frequency cutoff used in the summation-frequencies (rad/s) [Only used with a summation-frequency method] ---------------------- CURRENT ------------------------------------------------- [unused with WaveMod=6] 0 CurrMod - Current profile model {0: none=no current, 1: standard, 2: user-defined from routine UserCurrent} (switch) 0 CurrSSV0 - Sub-surface current velocity at still water level (m/s) [used only when CurrMod=1] "DEFAULT" CurrSSDir - Sub-surface current heading direction (degrees) or DEFAULT (string) [used only when CurrMod=1] 20 CurrNSRef - Near-surface current reference depth (meters) [used only when CurrMod=1] 0 CurrNSV0 - Near-surface current velocity at still water level (m/s) [used only when CurrMod=1] 0 CurrNSDir - Near-surface current heading direction (degrees) [used only when CurrMod=1] 0 CurrDIV - Depth-independent current velocity (m/s) [used only when CurrMod=1] 0 CurrDIDir - Depth-independent current heading direction (degrees) [used only when CurrMod=1] ---------------------- FLOATING PLATFORM --------------------------------------- [unused with WaveMod=6] 1 PotMod - Potential-flow model {0: none=no potential flow, 1: frequency-to-time-domain transforms based on WAMIT output, 2: fluid-impulse theory (FIT)} (switch) "HydroData/tlpwt1_27m" PotFile - Root name of potential-flow model data; WAMIT output files containing the linear, nondimensionalized, hydrostatic restoring matrix (.hst), frequency-dependent hydrodynamic added mass matrix and damping matrix (.1), and frequency- and direction-dependent wave excitation force vector per unit wave amplitude (.3) (quoted string) [MAKE SURE THE FREQUENCIES INHERENT IN THESE WAMIT FILES SPAN THE PHYSICALLY-SIGNIFICANT RANGE OF FREQUENCIES FOR THE GIVEN PLATFORM; THEY MUST CONTAIN THE ZERO- AND INFINITE-FREQUENCY LIMITS!] 1 WAMITULEN - Characteristic body length scale used to redimensionalize WAMIT output (meters) [only used when PotMod=1] 11834.57 PtfmVol0 - Displaced volume of water when the platform is in its undisplaced position (m^3) [only used when PotMod=1; USE THE SAME VALUE COMPUTED BY WAMIT AS OUTPUT IN THE .OUT FILE!] 0 PtfmCOBxt - The xt offset of the center of buoyancy (COB) from the platform reference point (meters) [only used when PotMod=1] 0 PtfmCOByt - The yt offset of the center of buoyancy (COB) from the platform reference point (meters) [only used when PotMod=1] 1 RdtnMod - Radiation memory-effect model {0: no memory-effect calculation, 1: convolution, 2: state-space} (switch) [only used when PotMod=1; STATE-SPACE REQUIRES *.ss INPUT FILE] 60 RdtnTMax - Analysis time for wave radiation kernel calculations (sec) [only used when PotMod=1; determines RdtnDOmega=Pi/RdtnTMax in the cosine transform; MAKE SURE THIS IS LONG ENOUGH FOR THE RADIATION IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS TO DECAY TO NEAR-ZERO FOR THE GIVEN PLATFORM!] "DEFAULT" RdtnDT - Time step for wave radiation kernel calculations (sec) [only used when PotMod=1; DT<=RdtnDT<=0.1 recommended; determines RdtnOmegaMax=Pi/RdtnDT in the cosine transform] ---------------------- 2ND-ORDER FLOATING PLATFORM FORCES ---------------------- [unused with WaveMod=0 or 6, or PotMod=0 or 2] 0 MnDrift - Mean-drift 2nd-order forces computed {0: None; [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12]: WAMIT file to use} [Only one of MnDrift, NewmanApp, or DiffQTF can be non-zero] 0 NewmanApp - Mean- and slow-drift 2nd-order forces computed with Newman's approximation {0: None; [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12]: WAMIT file to use} [Only one of MnDrift, NewmanApp, or DiffQTF can be non-zero. Used only when WaveDirMod=0] 0 DiffQTF - Full difference-frequency 2nd-order forces computed with full QTF {0: None; [10, 11, or 12]: WAMIT file to use} [Only one of MnDrift, NewmanApp, or DiffQTF can be non-zero] 0 SumQTF - Full summation -frequency 2nd-order forces computed with full QTF {0: None; [10, 11, or 12]: WAMIT file to use} ---------------------- FLOATING PLATFORM FORCE FLAGS -------------------------- [unused with WaveMod=6] True PtfmSgF - Platform horizontal surge translation force (flag) or DEFAULT True PtfmSwF - Platform horizontal sway translation force (flag) or DEFAULT True PtfmHvF - Platform vertical heave translation force (flag) or DEFAULT True PtfmRF - Platform roll tilt rotation force (flag) or DEFAULT True PtfmPF - Platform pitch tilt rotation force (flag) or DEFAULT True PtfmYF - Platform yaw rotation force (flag) or DEFAULT ---------------------- PLATFORM ADDITIONAL STIFFNESS AND DAMPING -------------- 0 0 0 0 0 0 AddF0 - Additional preload (N, N-m) 0 0 0 0 0 0 AddCLin - Additional linear stiffness (N/m, N/rad, N-m/m, N-m/rad) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AddBLin - Additional linear damping(N/(m/s), N/(rad/s), N-m/(m/s), N-m/(rad/s)) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AddBQuad - Additional quadratic drag(N/(m/s)^2, N/(rad/s)^2, N-m(m/s)^2, N-m/(rad/s)^2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---------------------- AXIAL COEFFICIENTS -------------------------------------- 1 NAxCoef - Number of axial coefficients (-) AxCoefID AxCd AxCa AxCp (-) (-) (-) (-) 1 0.60 0.00 1.00 ---------------------- MEMBER JOINTS ------------------------------------------- 2 NJoints - Number of joints (-) [must be exactly 0 or at least 2] JointID Jointxi Jointyi Jointzi JointAxID JointOvrlp [JointOvrlp= 0: do nothing at joint, 1: eliminate overlaps by calculating super member] (-) (m) (m) (m) (-) (switch) 1 0.00000 0.00000 -45.00000 1 0 2 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1 0 ---------------------- MEMBER CROSS-SECTION PROPERTIES ------------------------- 1 NPropSets - Number of member property sets (-) PropSetID PropD PropThck (-) (m) (m) 1 18.30340 0.00100 ---------------------- SIMPLE HYDRODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS (model 1) -------------- SimplCd SimplCdMG SimplCa SimplCaMG SimplCp SimplCpMG SimplAxCa SimplAxCaMG SimplAxCp SimplAxCpMG (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 0.80 0.60 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 ---------------------- DEPTH-BASED HYDRODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS (model 2) --------- 0 NCoefDpth - Number of depth-dependent coefficients (-) Dpth DpthCd DpthCdMG DpthCa DpthCaMG DpthCp DpthCpMG DpthAxCa DpthAxCaMG DpthAxCp DpthAxCpMG (m) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) ---------------------- MEMBER-BASED HYDRODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS (model 3) -------- 0 NCoefMembers - Number of member-based coefficients (-) MemberID MemberCd1 MemberCd2 MemberCdMG1 MemberCdMG2 MemberCa1 MemberCa2 MemberCaMG1 MemberCaMG2 MemberCp1 MemberCp2 MemberCpMG1 MemberCpMG2 MemberAxCa1 MemberAxCa2 MemberAxCaMG1 MemberAxCaMG2 MemberAxCp1 MemberAxCp2 MemberAxCpMG1 MemberAxCpMG2 (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) -------------------- MEMBERS ------------------------------------------------- 1 NMembers - Number of members (-) MemberID MJointID1 MJointID2 MPropSetID1 MPropSetID2 MDivSize MCoefMod PropPot [MCoefMod=1: use simple coeff table, 2: use depth-based coeff table, 3: use member-based coeff table] [ PropPot/=0 if member is modeled with potential-flow theory] (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (m) (switch) (flag) 1 1 2 1 1 0.4789 1 TRUE ---------------------- FILLED MEMBERS ------------------------------------------ 0 NFillGroups - Number of filled member groups (-) [If FillDens = DEFAULT, then FillDens = WtrDens; FillFSLoc is related to MSL2SWL] FillNumM FillMList FillFSLoc FillDens (-) (-) (m) (kg/m^3) ---------------------- MARINE GROWTH ------------------------------------------- 0 NMGDepths - Number of marine-growth depths specified (-) MGDpth MGThck MGDens (m) (m) (kg/m^3) ---------------------- MEMBER OUTPUT LIST -------------------------------------- 0 NMOutputs - Number of member outputs (-) [must be < 10] MemberID NOutLoc NodeLocs [NOutLoc < 10; node locations are normalized distance from the start of the member, and must be >=0 and <= 1] [unused if NMOutputs=0] (-) (-) (-) ---------------------- JOINT OUTPUT LIST --------------------------------------- 0 NJOutputs - Number of joint outputs [Must be < 10] 0 JOutLst - List of JointIDs which are to be output (-)[unused if NJOutputs=0] ---------------------- OUTPUT -------------------------------------------------- True HDSum - Output a summary file [flag] False OutAll - Output all user-specified member and joint loads (only at each member end, not interior locations) [flag] 1 OutSwtch - Output requested channels to: [1=Hydrodyn.out, 2=GlueCode.out, 3=both files] "ES11.4e2" OutFmt - Output format for numerical results (quoted string) [not checked for validity!] "A11" OutSFmt - Output format for header strings (quoted string) [not checked for validity!] ---------------------- OUTPUT CHANNELS ----------------------------------------- "Wave1Elev" - Wave elevation at the platform reference point ( 0, 0) END of output channels and end of file. (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this line)