X-WIND is total solution software to analyze the offshore wind turbine system that performs the turbine analysis, structural analysis and diffraction/radiation analysis, has been developed in XFINASIT Co., Seoul, Korea for the analysis and design of the offshore structures including and wind turbine farms and oil/gas platforms. The current X-WIND AutoCAD program is the result of extensive research and development of the finite element program X-FINAS, which was originally develop at Imperial College, London.
The Solution of X-WIND AutoCAD program is specialized in offshore projects, including non-linear structural analysis, dynamic response analysis due to wind, current, waves, and seismic loads, impact dynamics and collapse analysis and pile-soil-interaction. X-WIND can carry out the fatigue analysis for tubular steel structures in frequency and time domain. It can also post-process the fatigue analysis output from GH-Bladed and OpenFAST. X-WIND includes the features of the Morison equation or diffraction wave theory using 3D solid and shell elements to be applied in the Gravity Base Foundation of concrete and steel offshore structures. The motion and loading analyses carried out from aerodynamic module are validated with three types of platform structure produced by OpenFAST (NREL, USA).
The X-WIND is AutoCAD embeded software which the Pre/Postprocessor of X-WIND is integrated with the "ADD IN" function of AutoCAD. Through interactive approach of AutoCAD, the finite element calculation make users obtain calculation results and report with visualization of post-processing in AutoCAD environment.
X-WIND Installer Version 2.01s (x64) available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lqTFspddLq3fZPSFPVumkywXvDRXQfq5/view?usp=sharing
X-WIND Application Version 2.01s(x64): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ykma2zVBj2sBBhzuaJveL3k9bZDBVYq2/view?usp=sharing
Information Update!
- Extended storage size to handle a huge structure modelling.
- Improved display infomation of X-OpenFAST.
- Mapping a pressure panel into shell element model.
- Nemoh V3.01,2nd wave.
- Inertia reliefed
- RADIS solution
- FEAST Eigenvalue solver (Intel MKL)
X-WIND Manual (.chm) (X-WIND Installer Version 2.01n): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kB3dybjb96M9AM_HRu5iK2a6aZGn-oV_/view?usp=sharing
- All users can use X-WIND by getting the brief information of free license during installation process. (from XFIASIT: Dr. Ki-Du kim: kimkd@konkuk.ac.kr, Dr. Pasin Pasin Plodpradit: P_tuay@hotmail.com ).
- X-Wind information will get from www.xfinas.com.
- User can get the free license for every 3 Months.
- The version can not be used for commercial purpose. For commercial purpose keep in touch with XFIASIT.
- The new version of Nemoh (2022) that has a second order force will be implemented in the next version.
- In OpenFAST and Nemph, without changing the main algorithm, we modified input and output subroutine for easy use of post-processing.
- Whenever XFINASIT upgrades the new installer, XFINASIT will upload in GiTHUB.
- AutoCAD (2020,2021, 2022 and 2023 (most optimal)) must be installed on drive C: directory.
- X-Wind Installer will be uploaded whenever XFINASIT upgrades the X-Wind. The old version will be deleted in sequence.
- Document of installation guideline can be downloaded in the following #Documentation topic.
- X-WIND Installation Guideline (Video) is obtained in the following link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkByx9cUkuU
The full documentation is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kB3dybjb96M9AM_HRu5iK2a6aZGn-oV_/view?usp=sharing
Some examples of tutorial and useful video is obtained in the following X-WIND channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylClRmApsvrVzBorYnxsYQ
Continuously the examples of tutorial will be uploaded.
- Tutorial Manual of X-WIND Based On IEC61400 (Chapter 4 - OpenFAST Solution) https://drive.google.com/file/d/13bG_P8W4sXYL9gPvsEXRxr4jOTzjNoj8/view?usp=sharing