Input Files
Input Files
"default" DTAero - Time interval for aerodynamic calculations {or "default"} (s)
0 TwrPotent - Type tower influence on wind based on potential flow around the tower
(switch) {0=none, 1=baseline potential flow, 2=potential flow with Bak correction}
False TwrShadow - Calculate tower influence on wind based on downstream tower shadow?
(flag)
False FrozenWake - Assume frozen wake during linearization? (flag) [used only when
WakeMod=1 and when linearizing]
False CompAA - Flag to compute AeroAcoustics calculation [only used when WakeMod=1 or
2]
1700 Pvap - Vapour pressure of fluid (Pa) [used only when CavitCheck=True]
0.5 FluidDepth - Water depth above mid-hub height (m) [used only when CavitCheck=True]
True TipLoss - Use the Prandtl tip-loss model? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3]
True HubLoss - Use the Prandtl hub-loss model? (flag) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3]
True TanInd - Include tangential induction in BEMT calculations? (flag) [unused when
WakeMod=0 or 3]
False AIDrag - Include the drag term in the axial-induction calculation? (flag) [unused when
WakeMod=0 or 3]
False TIDrag - Include the drag term in the tangential-induction calculation? (flag) [unused
when WakeMod=0,3 or TanInd=FALSE]
"Default" IndToler - Convergence tolerance for BEMT nonlinear solve residual equation {or
"default"} (-) [unused when WakeMod=0 or 3]
100 MaxIter - Maximum number of iteration steps (-) [unused when WakeMod=0]
4 tau1_const - Time constant for DBEMT (s) [used only when WakeMod=2 and
DBEMT_Mod=1]
====== OLAF -- cOnvecting LAgrangian Filaments (Free Vortex Wake) Theory Options
================== [used only when WakeMod=3]
"unused" OLAFInputFileName - Input file for OLAF [used only when WakeMod=3]
True FLookup - Flag to indicate whether a lookup for f' will be calculated (TRUE) or whether
best-fit exponential equations will be used (FALSE); if FALSE S1-S4 must be provided in airfoil input
files (flag) [used only when AFAeroMod=2]
1 AFTabMod - Interpolation method for multiple airfoil tables {1=1D interpolation on AoA
(first table only); 2=2D interpolation on AoA and Re; 3=2D interpolation on AoA and UserProp} (-)
1 InCol_Alfa - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the angle of attack (-)
2 InCol_Cl - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the lift coefficient (-)
3 InCol_Cd - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the drag coefficient (-)
4 InCol_Cm - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the pitching-moment
coefficient; use zero if there is no Cm column (-)
0 InCol_Cpmin - The column in the airfoil tables that contains the Cpmin coefficient; use zero
if there is no Cpmin column (-)
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/Cylinder2.dat"
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/DU40_A17.dat"
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/DU35_A17.dat"
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/DU30_A17.dat"
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/DU25_A17.dat"
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/DU21_A17.dat"
"../../../TurbineData/Airfoils/NACA64_A17.dat"
12 NumTwrNds - Number of tower nodes used in the analysis (-) [used only when
TwrPotent/=0, TwrShadow=True, or TwrAero=True]
0 6 1
8.52610000e+00 5.78700000e+00 1
1.70530000e+01 5.57400000e+00 1
2.55790000e+01 5.36100000e+00 1
3.41050000e+01 5.14800000e+00 1
4.26330000e+01 4.93500000e+00 1
5.11580000e+01 4.72200000e+00 1
5.96850000e+01 4.50900000e+00 1
6.82110000e+01 4.29600000e+00 1
7.67380000e+01 4.08300000e+00 1
8.52680000e+01 3.87000000e+00 1
8.76000000e+01 3.87000000e+00 1
====== Outputs
==================================================================================
==
True SumPrint - Generate a summary file listing input options and interpolated properties to
"<rootname>.AD.sum"? (flag)
OutList The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing
of available output channels, (-)
"RtAeroPwr"
END input - file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList line)
OutList1 The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx,
AeroDyn_Nodes tab for a listing of available output channels, (-)
"Cl"
"Cd"
"AxInd"
"Alpha"
END of - input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList
line)
------- ELASTODYN for OpenFAST INPUT FILE -------------------------------------------
NREL 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)
63 TipRad - The distance from the rotor apex to the blade tip (meters)
1.5 HubRad - The distance from the rotor apex to the blade root (meters)
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)
-5.0191 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)
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)
87.6 TowerHt - Height of tower above ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] (meters)
0 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)
0 PtfmCMzt - Vertical distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the
platform CM (meters)
0 PtfmRefzt - Vertical distance from the ground level [onshore] or MSL [offshore] to the
platform reference point (meters)
115926 HubIner - Hub inertia about rotor axis [3 blades] or teeter axis [2 blades] (kg m^2)
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)
0 PtfmYIner - Platform inertia for yaw rotation about the platform CM (kg m^2)
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 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]
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]
1 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)
1 DecFact - Decimation factor for tabular output {1: output every time step} (-) (currently
unused)
0 NTwGages - Number of tower nodes that have strain gages for output [0 to 9] (-)
10, 19, 28 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, (-)
"TipDxb1"
"TipDyb1"
"TipClrnc1"
"NacYaw"
"RotThrust"
"RotTorq"
"RootMxb1" - In-plane bending, out-of-plane bending, and pitching moments at the root of
blade 1
"RootMyb1" - In-plane bending, out-of-plane bending, and pitching moments at the root of
blade 1
"RootMzb1" - In-plane bending, out-of-plane bending, and pitching moments at the root of
blade 1
"YawBrMxp" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the top of the
tower (not rotating with nacelle yaw)
"YawBrMyp" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the top of the
tower (not rotating with nacelle yaw)
"YawBrMzp" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the top of the
tower (not rotating with nacelle yaw)
"YawBrTDyp"
"YawBrFyp"
"TwrBsMxt" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the base of the
tower (mudline)
"TwrBsMyt" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the base of the
tower (mudline)
"TwrBsMzt" - Side-to-side bending, fore-aft bending, and yaw moments at the base of the
tower (mudline)
END of - input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList
line)
Steady m/s - winds with no shear for FAST CertTests #20 and #25
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 WindType - switch for wind file type (1=steady; 2=uniform; 3=binary TurbSim FF;
4=binary Bladed-style FF; 5=HAWC format; 6=User defined)
================== Parameters for Steady Wind Conditions [used only for WindType = 1]
=========================
8 HWindSpeed - Horizontal windspeed (m/s)
================== Parameters for Uniform wind file [used only for WindType = 2]
============================
"Wind/08ms.wnd" Filename2 - Filename of time series data for uniform wind field. (-)
125.88 RefLength - Reference length for linear horizontal and vertical sheer (-)
================== Parameters for Binary TurbSim Full-Field files [used only for WindType = 3]
==============
"Wind/08ms.wnd" Filename - Name of the Full field wind file to use (.bts)
================== Parameters for Binary Bladed-style Full-Field files [used only for WindType =
4] =========
================== Parameters for HAWC-format binary files [Only used with WindType = 5]
=====================
90 RefHt3 - reference height; the height (in meters) of the vertical center of the grid (m)
0 PLExp - Power law exponent (-) (used for PL wind profile type only)
0.03 Z0 - Surface roughness length (m) (used for LG wind profile type only)
OutList The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing
of available output channels, (-)
END of - input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList
line)
NREL 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)
0 TPCOn - Time to enable active pitch control (s) [unused when PCMode=0]
9999.9 TPitManS(1) - Time to start override pitch maneuver for blade 1 and end standard pitch
control (s)
9999.9 TPitManS(2) - Time to start override pitch maneuver for blade 2 and end standard pitch
control (s)
9999.9 TPitManS(3) - Time to start override pitch maneuver for blade 3 and end standard pitch
control (s) [unused for 2 blades]
2 PitManRat(1) - Pitch rate at which override pitch maneuver heads toward final pitch angle
for blade 1 (deg/s)
2 PitManRat(2) - Pitch rate at which override pitch maneuver heads toward final pitch angle
for blade 2 (deg/s)
2 PitManRat(3) - Pitch rate at which override pitch maneuver heads toward final pitch angle
for blade 3 (deg/s) [unused for 2 blades]
0 BlPitchF(3) - Blade 3 final pitch for pitch maneuvers (degrees) [unused for 2 blades]
5 VSContrl - Variable-speed control mode {0: none, 1: simple VS, 3: user-defined from
routine UserVSCont, 4: user-defined from Simulink/Labview, 5: user-defined from Bladed-style DLL}
(switch)
94.4 GenEff - Generator efficiency [ignored by the Thevenin and user-defined generator
models] (%)
True GenTiStr - Method to start the generator {T: timed using TimGenOn, F: generator speed
using SpdGenOn} (flag)
True GenTiStp - Method to stop the generator {T: timed using TimGenOf, F: when generator
power = 0} (flag)
9999.9 SpdGenOn - Generator speed to turn on the generator for a startup (HSS speed) (rpm)
[used only when GenTiStr=False]
0 TimGenOn - Time to turn on the generator for a startup (s) [used only when
GenTiStr=True]
9999.9 TimGenOf - Time to turn off the generator (s) [used only when GenTiStp=True]
9999.9 VS_RtTq - Rated generator torque/constant generator torque in Region 3 for simple
variable-speed generator control (HSS side) (N-m) [used only when VSContrl=1]
9999.9 VS_Rgn2K - Generator torque constant in Region 2 for simple variable-speed generator
control (HSS side) (N-m/rpm^2) [used only when VSContrl=1]
9999.9 VS_SlPc - Rated generator slip percentage in Region 2 1/2 for simple variable-speed
generator control (%) [used only when VSContrl=1]
9999.9 SIG_SlPc - Rated generator slip percentage (%) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=1]
9999.9 SIG_SySp - Synchronous (zero-torque) generator speed (rpm) [used only when
VSContrl=0 and GenModel=1]
9999.9 SIG_RtTq - Rated torque (N-m) [used only when VSContrl=0 and GenModel=1]
9999.9 SIG_PORt - Pull-out ratio (Tpullout/Trated) (-) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=1]
9999.9 TEC_Freq - Line frequency [50 or 60] (Hz) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=2]
9998 TEC_NPol - Number of poles [even integer > 0] (-) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=2]
9999.9 TEC_SRes - Stator resistance (ohms) [used only when VSContrl=0 and GenModel=2]
9999.9 TEC_RRes - Rotor resistance (ohms) [used only when VSContrl=0 and GenModel=2]
9999.9 TEC_VLL - Line-to-line RMS voltage (volts) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=2]
9999.9 TEC_SLR - Stator leakage reactance (ohms) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=2]
9999.9 TEC_RLR - Rotor leakage reactance (ohms) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=2]
9999.9 TEC_MR - Magnetizing reactance (ohms) [used only when VSContrl=0 and
GenModel=2]
0 HSSBrMode - HSS brake model {0: none, 1: simple, 3: user-defined from routine
UserHSSBr, 4: user-defined from Simulink/Labview, 5: user-defined from Bladed-style DLL} (switch)
0 YCMode - Yaw control mode {0: none, 3: user-defined from routine UserYawCont, 4:
user-defined from Simulink/Labview, 5: user-defined from Bladed-style DLL} (switch)
9999.9 TYCOn - Time to enable active yaw control (s) [unused when YCMode=0]
0 YawNeut - Neutral yaw position--yaw spring force is zero at this yaw (degrees)
9999.9 TYawManS - Time to start override yaw maneuver and end standard yaw control (s)
"DISCON.IN" DLL_InFile - Name of input file sent to the DLL (-) [used only with Bladed Interface]
"DISCON" DLL_ProcName - Name of procedure in DLL to be called (-) [case sensitive; used only
with DLL Interface]
"default" DLL_DT - Communication interval for dynamic library (s) (or "default") [used only
with Bladed Interface]
false DLL_Ramp - Whether a linear ramp should be used between DLL_DT time steps
[introduces time shift when true] (flag) [used only with Bladed Interface]
9999.9 BPCutoff - Cutoff frequency for low-pass filter on blade pitch from DLL (Hz) [used only
with Bladed Interface]
0 NacYaw_North - Reference yaw angle of the nacelle when the upwind end points due North
(deg) [used only with Bladed Interface]
0 Ptch_Cntrl - Record 28: Use individual pitch control {0: collective pitch; 1: individual pitch
control} (switch) [used only with Bladed Interface]
0 Ptch_SetPnt - Record 5: Below-rated pitch angle set-point (deg) [used only with Bladed
Interface]
0 Ptch_Min - Record 6: Minimum pitch angle (deg) [used only with Bladed Interface]
0 Ptch_Max - Record 7: Maximum pitch angle (deg) [used only with Bladed Interface]
0 PtchRate_Min - Record 8: Minimum pitch rate (most negative value allowed) (deg/s) [used
only with Bladed Interface]
0 PtchRate_Max - Record 9: Maximum pitch rate (deg/s) [used only with Bladed Interface]
0 Gain_OM - Record 16: Optimal mode gain (Nm/(rad/s)^2) [used only with Bladed
Interface]
0 GenSpd_MinOM - Record 17: Minimum generator speed (rpm) [used only with Bladed
Interface]
0 GenSpd_MaxOM - Record 18: Optimal mode maximum speed (rpm) [used only with Bladed
Interface]
0 GenSpd_Dem - Record 19: Demanded generator speed above rated (rpm) [used only with
Bladed Interface]
0 GenTrq_Dem - Record 22: Demanded generator torque above rated (Nm) [used only with
Bladed Interface]
0 GenPwr_Dem - Record 13: Demanded power (W) [used only with Bladed Interface]
0 DLL_NumTrq - Record 26: No. of points in torque-speed look-up table {0 = none and use
the optimal mode parameters; nonzero = ignore the optimal mode PARAMETERs by setting Record
16 to 0.0} (-) [used only with Bladed Interface]
GenSpd_TLU GenTrq_TLU
(rpm) (Nm)
1 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)
OutList The next line(s) contains a list of output parameters. See OutListParameters.xlsx for a listing
of available output channels, (-)
"GenPwr" - Electrical generator power and torque
END of - input file (the word "END" must appear in the first 3 columns of this last OutList
line)
Runtime Options:
Turbine/Model Specifications: