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QBlade 2.0.9 is out!
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ? ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 2.0.9 ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏโฆ
The new release couples directly to ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ library, letting you import ๐๐ข๐ฆ-๐ข๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป or ๐๐ข๐ฆ-๐ก๐ช๐ง wave fields straight intoย QBlade. The Higher-Order Spectral (HOS) method retains the nonlinear wave-wave interactions that linear (Airy) theory ignores, giving phase-resolved kinematics, crest-trough asymmetry, and amplitude-dependent dispersion โ crucial for offshore arrays with shared moorings. With HOS-NWT you can mirror laboratory wave-tank conditions and run a digital twin alongside, or ahead of, physical tests.
Beyond the wave upgrades, QBlade 2.0.9 also introduces ๐ฏ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, fresh stability fixes, and a host of smaller refinements.
โจย ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ.๐ฌ.๐ต
๐นย ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ข๐ฆ) ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Direct coupling to LHEEAโs HOS-Ocean solver delivers fully nonlinear 3-D sea states inside QBlade analyses. The same interface drives experimental validation (HOS-NWT), as shown with the SOFTWIND floater in the ECN wave tank (see video).
๐นย ย ๐ฏ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐
An IPC bridge now loads 32-bit Bladed, DTU, and TUB controller libraries natively, so you can switch seamlessly between 64-bit and 32-bit legacy controllers.
๐นย ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ & ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
โข Individual member buoyancy is tunable via a floating-point factor.
โข Diffraction & radiation outputs now available for nonlinear regular waves.
โข Aitken ฮยฒ relaxation and ฮณ-smoothing cut bound-circulation iterations by > 70 %.
๐นย ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
โข Selective result filtering reduces RAM & disk usage in large batches
โข Buffered I/O speeds up cut-plane, velocity-field, and batch exports.
โข OpenFAST outb writer (FileID = 4) supports longer variable names.
โข Improved multi-threaded license handling for large WEIS optimization runs.
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ย ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ (๐ฎ๐ฐ โ ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ)?
Weโll be there and would love to connect, exchange ideas, and hear how youโre using QBlade!
