Package windSimSuite :: Package models :: Module tjaerborg :: Class WindTurbine

Class WindTurbine

mbdyn.record.RecordBase --+            
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        mbdyn.record.Record --+        
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             common.BasicObject --+    
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                   main.WindTurbine --+
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                                     WindTurbine

The wind turbine of a model is mainly supposed to describe two methods: create and update. 'create()' is a method called at the beginning to fill the 'refs', 'nodes' and 'elts' lists with MBDyn objects. 'update()' is called at each time step and is supposed to update all the wind turbine parameters, according to the MBDyn objects status. Then the unsteady BEM code will be applied. This method must not be confused with the update method called by WraptMBDyn, that is called to update the MBDyn objects before a new time step. This step actually occurs after the unsteady BEM.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, name='tjaerborg', use_beams=True, only_mbdyn_rotor=False) source code

_create_only_rotor(self)
Create only the rotor with MBDyn components.

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create(self)
Suppose to create the complete turbine.

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update(self)
Called by the simulation at each MBDyn time step

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Inherited from main.WindTurbine: add_on_simulation, collect_parameters, init_results, set_mbdyn_coupling, set_nacelle, set_parameters, set_rotor, set_tower, update_data

Inherited from main.WindTurbine (private): _update_reference_frames

Inherited from common.BasicObject: set_name

Inherited from mbdyn.record.Record: common_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=`'tjaerborg'`, use_beams=True, only_mbdyn_rotor=False)
(Constructor)

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Overrides: main.WindTurbine.__init__

_create_only_rotor(self)

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Create only the rotor with MBDyn components. The main bearing fix node is clamped, only the tower and nacelle referentials are created. A very useful function to test only the rotor or develop the nacelle and tower deformations step by step.

create(self)

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Suppose to create the complete turbine. Still in development

Overrides: main.WindTurbine.create

update(self)

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Called by the simulation at each MBDyn time step

Overrides: main.WindTurbine.update

Class WindTurbine

__init__(self, name='tjaerborg', use_beams=True, only_mbdyn_rotor=False) (Constructor)

_create_only_rotor(self)

create(self)

update(self)

init(self, name=`'tjaerborg'`, use_beams=True, only_mbdyn_rotor=False)
(Constructor)