Package windSimSuite :: Package models :: Module nrel :: Class Tower

Class Tower

            tower.AerodynamicsTower --+    
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mbdyn.record.RecordBase --+           |    
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        mbdyn.record.Record --+       |    
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             common.BasicObject --+   |    
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     common.ObjectWithNodesAndElems --+    
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                            tower.Tower --+
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                                         Tower

Interface for building the the tower of the wind turbine. The needed parameters are:

height
mass
stiffness as a dictionary

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, name='tower') source code

set_height(self, height)

source code

create_references(self)

source code

create_nodes(self)

source code

create_clamped_joint(self)

source code

create_bodies(self)

source code

create_rigid_structure(self)

source code

create_beam(self)

source code

_set_stiffness(self, beam)
By default, the user will give the same constitutive law for the upper and lower part: values are contained in the 'stiffness' dictionary for a 6D diagonal matrix.

source code

create(self, use_beams)
Call by the wind turbine tower when the simulation is initialized

source code

Inherited from tower.AerodynamicsTower: get_abs_vector, get_radius_at, set_aero_height, set_correction_height, set_radius

Inherited from common.ObjectWithNodesAndElems: add_element, add_node, add_on_simulation, collect_elt_parameters, collect_node_parameters, collect_parameters, set_elt_parameters, set_node_class, set_node_parameters, set_parameters

Inherited from common.BasicObject: set_name

Inherited from mbdyn.record.Record: common_init_results, init_results, save, set_own_parameters, will_save, will_save_nothing, will_save_only

Inherited from mbdyn.record.Record (private): _save_direct_results, _save_results_with_actions, _try_to_add

Inherited from mbdyn.record.RecordBase: collect_own_parameters, set_own_para

Inherited from mbdyn.record.RecordBase (private): _collect_own_para

Method Details

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init(self, name=`'tower'`)
(Constructor)

source code

Overrides: tower.Tower.__init__

_set_stiffness(self, beam)

source code

By default, the user will give the same constitutive law for the upper and lower part: values are contained in the 'stiffness' dictionary for a 6D diagonal matrix. As a an alternative, he can manipulate the 'tower.beam.section1' instance and set what he wants as a law.

Class Tower

__init__(self, name='tower') (Constructor)

_set_stiffness(self, beam)

init(self, name=`'tower'`)
(Constructor)