ADAMS/WT advanced development - version 1.4 and beyond
- Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., Mesa, AZ (United States)
ADAMS/WT is an wind-turbine-specific shell for the general-purpose mechanical system simulation package ADAMS5. It was developed under the guidance of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to give engineers and analysts in the wind turbine community access to the analytical power of ADAMS, without having to become expert in its particular technology. The 1.4 version of ADAMS/WT is the most recent upgrade to the package, incorporating the most up-to-date version of the AeroDyn aerodynamic forcing subroutines from the University of Utah. It is also the first version to be made available on the Windows/NT platform. In version 1.4, ADAMS/WT has been significantly improved throughout and runs much faster. Automatic generation of standardized output has been added. The documentation has been extensively augmented with more detailed descriptions, more figures and more examples. ADAMS/WT remains the most powerful analytical tool available for horizontal-axis wind turbine development. 10 figs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 447492
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960630--; ON: DE97002833
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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