QBlade 2.0.6.4 beta added SUPERELEMENTS to substructure added DLC table export functionality to CLI added DLC table option to optionally contain "loading data" files instead of the linearWaveDefinition files (.lwa) added the possibility to specify JNT_X outputs (position and rotation) for substructures added function to deactivate all machines on a floating license added damping for cables in StrModel and MooringSystem added option to convert QFEM to blade or tower files added total morison force to outputs added granular debug function to SIL interface changed sensorname "Platform Translation/Rotation" --> "Prescribed Translation/Rotation" auto-detection if a valid OpenGL context is existing modified SeabedContact forces, in line with OrcaFlex: https://www.orcina.com/webhelp/OrcaFlex/Content/html/Seabedtheory.htm#ElasticSeabedModelTheory improved constraint bookkeeping, disabling redundant constraints during rampup fixed issues in DLC generator, related to the positioning of bottom fixed offshore turbines fixed catching inf, zero and NaN values in getMeanFreeStream and getFreeStream functions fixed ground constraint for bottom fixed offshore structures fixed lumped system mass and inertia info for MTA's fixed SSL handshake error on AWS machines fixed definition of structural twist angle in the QFEM module fixed losses in BEM were subtracted in MW not kW fixed issue where WINDAUTOSHIFT was not read corretly during .sim file import fixed mooring line hydrodynamics for MHK turbines QBlade 2.0.6.3 beta fixed issue where for certains node/member arrangements a substructure could be overconstrained fixed issue where for a substructure only turbine definition NaN inertia values were shown in model overview fixed automatic scene scaling for displaced substructure-only configurations orientations of subjoints and the transition piece can now also be defined by means of consecutive Euler rotations optimizations of OpenCl particle kernels (QBlade-EE) fixed crash of modal analysis of substructure-only configurations (QBlade-EE) fixed issue where the multi-turbine (.mta) ASCII import could crash if some files were missing (QBlade-EE) QBlade 2.0.6.2 beta added total morison force to output for substructure members in hydrodyn. time graphs fixed some small issues with the openCl device selection when not in the GUI mode (CLI or SIL) fixed normal calculation for .stl blade export at blade hub and tip end faces added an optional export filter to rearrange/filter the export files that are generated added a getCustomSimulationData function to the SIL interface substructure constraint loads can now be added to the graphs by specifying the constraint with the identifier “CST” added export filter feature to CLI fixed issue where CLI was searching for a “wrong” binary file name QBlade 2.0.6.1 beta fixed typos in BEM/DMS analysis power is now always displayed as kW fixed issue with turbine sorting for multi turbine simulations QBlade 2.0.6 beta New Features: Substructure: added MOORLOADS to add buoyancy forces and loads to mooring lines ADDMASS_ functionality was extended so that also diagonal inertia 3xIXX & offdiagonal 3xIXY (in local body coords) can be added to a structure added RECTANGULAR members to the substructure definition, these members can use directional hydro coefficients for the local x and y directions added a new and more consistent table format for MOORELEMENTS and CABLELEMENTS that uses only 6 instead of 7 entries added substructure elements, constraints and spings/dampers to global mooring systems Control / SIL added the functionality to “wire” custom external library and controller data channels from the swap arrays to turbine actions added interface for external controller libraries added function SetExternalAction() to DLL interface to enable highly customized simulations / controllers added visualization of hydrodynamic Morison forces when simulating with the ROSCO controller the “PerfFileName” is now also serialized in the same way as the WPData file for the DTU controller Wave Generation added wave probes to the wave module added constrained embedded wave feature to linear waves added option to merge linear waves Misc turbines (and floater, mooring systems) can now be globally rotated implemented the IAG dynamic stall model added Cn and Ct graphs to polars and 360 polars added feature to assign distributed damping properties for the blade, towers and struts added feature to account for nacelle drag QBlade-EE added aerodynamic damping calculation and damped frequencies to modal analysis (QB-EE only) implemented linearization of buoyancy for modal analysis (QB-EE only) OpenCl: improved kernel performance by ~20% Furthermore, a lot of features and fixes based on community feedback have been implemented in various modules and the overall stability and robustness has been improved. QBlade 2.0.5.2 alpha public release of QBlade’s Software in Loop (SIL) interface project files now 100% compatible between EE and CE versions (dedicated EE format is omitted) catching a possible crash that could occur when pressing the “Mode Animation” botton before the simulation has finished fixed issue where an impulsive aerodynamic load was present at the first timestep due to an error in relative velocity initialization fixed an issue in shared mooring systems in substructure files TP_INTERFACE_POS_1 can now also be used instead of TP_INTERFACE_POS (which was omitting the _1 part) QBlade 2.0.5.1 alpha LLFVW: bound circulation core size is now defined based on aerodynamic panel width instead of chord fixed a small issue in wake coarsening where the redistribution of shed vorticity could lead to a small induction “jump” default blade discretization type is now COSINE improved evaluation of 360° polar parameters, such as slope, aoa_0, Cl_0 etc… OYE and ATEFlap DS models are now limited to the range of +-50° AoA fixed major issue in implementation of nonlinear p-y curves from now on the version stringis part of the binary files to better distinguish them improved custom data aquisition for python and matlab (SIL) interfaces QBlade 2.0.5.0 alpha added blade force in X_c and X_b coordinate systems to the standard outputs added functionality to the assignement of nonlinear springs and dampers for substructures overhauled read-in functionality for WAMIT diffraction and excitation files directionality for 2nd order difference loads now taken into account arbitrary orientations can now be assigned to substructure nodes, substructure node coordinate systems can now be displayed added option to read-in WAMIT .8 files added correct Reynolds number to steady BEM outputs fixed issue where TSR string was set to zero after creating a bladeLoading definition fixed bug that corrupted project files after a polar was edited with “Edit Current Polar Points” and then discarded added optional generator efficiency fixed initial camera view angles for QTurbine and QSimulation modules renamed StrModel variables for aerodynamic and generator power and torque improved import/export functionality of velocity cut-plane definitions fixed broken link to forum added controller SWAP array to getCustomData() function of the DLL interface QBlade 2.0.4.9 alpha added CPmin variable to results of the XFoil polar analysis, corrected evaluation of friction drag coefficient from XFoil bugfix: overhauled interface with Xfoil binary which is now working with absolute instead of relative path names bugfix: fixed a crash that occurred when a TDMS object was deleted in the GUI added blade root forces to default sensors added FAST binary format to the avaliable export formats for simulation timeseries fixed issue where when using hubheight inflow files the horizontal inflow angle was not read in properly changed the sign in the definition of the horizontal inflow angle to be in line with the most common convention bugfix: prevent UBEM crashes that occurred at inflow velocity of zero tower bodies, torquetube bodies & strut bodies can now have buoyancy & addedmass & dynamic pressure coefficients assigned to model hydrokinetic turbines. model hydrokinetic turbines as onshore turbines with changed air density QBlade 2.0.4.8 alpha chord can now be optimized idependent of twist optimize PROP dialog now hidden during HAWT blade design displaced water volume added to hydrodynamic variables when a simulation is diverging the last 3 timesteps are removed from the data to prevent NaN in data added yaw event to turbine events QBlade 2.0.4.7 alpha default sensors added for tower top and nacelle (velocity, acceleration, deflection) fixed issue in DS models that could occur when “bad quality” polar data (such as with negative slope) was used removed structural time integrator selection from SimulationCreatorDialog, HHT is now default fixed issue where the tower drag coefficient was not read from the structural data table fixed issue with the tower shadow model, the position of tower shadow is now the instantaneous position of floating turbine added info for RNA and Tower COG to turbine design module, inertia info displayed now around the global COG when importing TurbSim .inp files the TurbSim console output is now displayed added delete by selection for turbine objects graph data can now be directly copied to clipboard several small gui improvements QBlade 2.0.4.6 alpha fixed error where the current yaw angle read from the structural model had the wrong sign fixed error when during import of linear waves from a time series the mean heading angle was read in radians and not degrees added yaw angle to structural outputs added ROSCO 2.4.1 controller library QBlade 2.0.4.5 alpha Implemented various checks to prevent users from defining overconstrained nodes during substructure generation that could cause divergence in the structural solver; checking SUBELEMENTSRIGID and SUBCONSTRAINT data tables QBlade 2.0.4.4 alpha Bugfix in steady state BEM for HAWT’s QBlade 2.0.4.3 alpha Fixed an issue in the classical steady state BEM iteration that appeared at large (above optimum) TSR’s. QBlade 2.0.4.2 alpha There were issues with the OpenCL.dll under Windows, this dll has been replaced with a more compatible version that should detect OpenCL for most users QBlade 2.0.4.1 alpha Fixed issue with virtual camber transformation, where values were not read from dialog Improved behavior of FoilTable when Foil selection is changed QBlade 2.0.4 alpha This is the first public release of QBlade CE. Be aware that this is an alpha release which will be revisioned after the first user feedback arrives and incompatibilities and errors are fixed.