The latest version of QBlade, 2.0.8, includes several updates across aerodynamics, structural dynamics, hydrodynamics, and control systems. This version refines core physics, improves modelling capabilities, adds new features, and enhances simulation stability.
Key Updates:
- Aerodynamics: Improved unsteady aerodynamic modelling, refined handling of dynamic stall, and enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) blade design.
- Structural Dynamics: Integration of Chrono 9.0.1, implementation of Multi-Blade Coordinate Transformation (MBC) for modal analysis, introduction of mooring line directional constraints, and expanded support for multi-rotor turbine designs.
- Hydrodynamics: Yaw correction for floating structures, improved Morison strip theory calculations, and refined potential flow modelling.
- Control Systems: Integration of ROSCO 2.9.0, compatibility with the Extended Bladed Interface, cross-turbine controller communication, and expanded safety integrity level (SIL) interface capabilities.
- Additional Features: Advanced graph filtering, integrated statistics, histogram and damage equivalent load (DEL) evaluations, automated screenshot and video generation, and improved stability and performance. Full integration with WISE/WISDEM supports time domain-based optimisations.
These improvements aim to enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and usability of QBlade for wind turbine simulation and analysis. QBlade is an aero-servo-hydro-elastic code, covering the complete range of aspects required for wind turbine design, simulation, and certification.
