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Substructure motion and hydrolosses
Hello David,
I’m posting a message on the forum because I couldn’t find the answer in the documentation. Is there a way in QBlade to extend the tower’s rotational movement to submerged structures and thereby take into account the associated hydraulic losses? Thank you in advance for your reply,
Best regards,
Hugo
Hello Hugo,
it is possible to attach a part of the substructure to the (rotating) torquetube. Check out the documentation here:
https://docs.qblade.org/src/user/turbine/substructure.html#substructure-constraints
Regarding hydrodynamic losses due to friction, these cannot be modeled directly. However, it is possible to use a “Custom External Library” to add parasitic torque based on specific operational conditions.
https://docs.qblade.org/src/user/turbine/controller.html#external-library-interface
BR,
David
