A blade element momentum method for analyzing wind turbine aerodynamic performance that is robust (guaranteed convergence), fast (superlinear convergence rate), and smooth (continuously differentiable). Analytic gradients are also (optionally) provided for the distributed loads, thrust, torque, and power with respect to design variables of interest.
Author: S. Andrew Ning
Open a local copy of the documentation at docs/_build/html/index.html. Or access the online version at http://wisdem.github.io/CCBlade/
Fortran compiler, NumPy, SciPy, zope.interface
Install CCBlade with the following command.
$ python setup.py install
Note that the installation also includes AirfoilPrep.py. Though not strictly necessary to use with CCBlade, it is convenient when working with AeroDyn input files or doing any aerodynamic preprocessing of airfoil data.
To check if installation was successful, run the unit tests
$ python test/test_ccblade.py
$ python test/test_gradients.py
For software issues please use https://github.com/WISDEM/CCBlade/issues. For functionality and theory related questions and comments please use the NWTC forum for Systems Engineering Software Questions.