Flexcom > New Features!

Building on Flexcom 8.7 (which was subsequently superseded by Flexcom 8.10), Flexcom 8.12 delivers additional functionality in the area of floating offshore wind. Specifically it addresses two key limitations of Flexcom 8.7, namely the ability to model dynamic control systems and turbulent wind inflow.

•Control Systems: Flexcom now interfaces to the FAST module ServoDyn, providing a link between a user-generated control dynamic link library (DLL) and solution variables provided by AeroDyn and Flexcom. Flexcom implements variable rotor speed control by allowing the user to modify generator torque. When operating above the rated wind speed, blade pitch control is typically employed to shed additional power. Refer to Coupling between Flexcom and ServoDyn for further information.

•Wind Field: Flexcom now interfaces to the FAST module InflowWind, so dynamic and turbulent wind loading can be specified. InflowWind processes wind inflow data and supports several wind file formats including uniform, binary TurbSim full-field, binary Bladed-style full-field and HAWC formatted binary full-field wind files. It also has its own internal calculated steady wind and supports arbitrary wind directions. Refer to InflowWind Overview for further information.