OpenFAST v2.4.0

General

• #428 Improve CLI for OpenFAST (openfast -v and openfast -h)
• #350 Add offshore linearization capability
• #488 Improve Line2-to-Line2 or Line2-to-Point mapping
• #508 Support RANLUX as an optional pRNG
• #373 Support for channel names up to 20 characters
• #373 Allow mode shape visualization - docs
• #373 Find a periodic steady-state trim solution where linearization will be performed
• Update documentation
• Bug fixes

AeroDyn

• #477 Add free vortex wake module - docs
• #515 Add aeroacoustics module - docs
• #373 Allow channel outputs at every blade node - docs

BeamDyn

• #373 Allow channel outputs at every blade node - docs

ElastoDyn

• #453 Bug fix: the rotational speed was doubled in the rotational velocity field of the blade output mesh
• #461 Add output channel for translational displacements of tower top at yaw bearing relative to the reference position
• #373 Allow channel outputs at every blade node - docs

ExtPtfm

• #344 Use Craig-Bampton reduction of support structures for sequential load calculations

InflowWind

• #437 Add new HAWC wind profile input type for reading wind conditions without mean wind speed
• #437 Allow to shift the HAWC wind upstream or downstream

ServoDyn

• #456 Properly support yaw rate command integration from controller
• #460 Fix an issue in updating the states when a yaw maneuver is beginning

r-test

• #456 Update 5MW BeamDyn blade damping models

To use the Windows executables directly, either the Intel fortran compiler or the Intel MKL redistributable libraries are required. The redistributables for the 2017 Intel Fortran compiler are available here.