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Recent Releases of WEC-Sim

WEC-Sim - v6.1.2

What's Changed

New Contributors

@thepeteriley made their first contribution in #1362

Statistics

  • 19 Issues closed since v6.1.1
  • 34 PRs merged since v6.1.1
  • 7 Discussions answered since v6.1.1

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/compare/v6.1.1...v6.1.2

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by MShabara 3 months ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v6.1.1

What's Changed

  • Resolved v6.1 bugs related to failed tests on the applications repository

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/compare/v6.1...v6.1.1

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl 7 months ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v6.1

New Features

Bug Fixes

New Contributors

Issues and Pull Requests

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/compare/v6.0...v6.1

  • > 104 issues closed since v6.0
  • > 65 PRs merged since v6.0

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl 7 months ago

WEC-Sim - v6.0

New Features

Bug Fixes

New Contributors

Issues and Pull Reqeusts

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 1 year ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v5.0.1

New Features

This is a bug fix release. New features since the previous release are not included.

Bug Fixes

New Contributors

Issues and Pull Requests

  • >52 issues closed since v5.0
  • >23 PRs merged since v5.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/compare/v5.0...v5.0.1

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by akeeste over 2 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v5.0

New Features

Documentation

Bug Fixes

Issues and Pull Requests

  • >52 issues closed since v4.4
  • >44 PRs merged since v4.4

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/compare/v4.4...v5.0

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl almost 3 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v4.4

  • New Features
    • Added WEC-Sim Library blocks for cable, spherical constraint, and spherical pto #712 #675
    • Added feature to add/remove WEC-Sim path and create temp directory for each run #685 #686
    • Updated WEC-Sim Library to 2020b and saved Simulink Library Functions to (*.m) files #686 #654
    • Split WEC-Sim Library into sublibraries for each class #720
    • Restructured WEC-Sim Continuous Integration tests into class-based tests #620
    • Added wave visualization with wave markers and post-processing #736 #678
    • Moved nonlinear hydrodynamics and morison elements to properties of the Body Class #692
  • Documentation
    • Added developer manual content for WEC-Sim Library, Run from Simulink, Simulink Functions, Added Mass, Software Tests #728
    • Added user manual content for troubleshooting WEC-Sim #641
    • Updated content for PTO-Sim, ParaView, WEC-Sim Applications and Tutorials #668 #642 #649 #643
    • Added multi-version documentation for master and dev branches #630
  • Bug Fixes
    • Resolved bug with macro for ParaView 5.9 #459
    • Resolved bugs in BEMIO with Read_Capytaine, READ_AQWA, and Write_H5 functions #727 #694 #636
    • Resolved bug with variable time-step solver #656
  • Issues and Pull Requests
    • > 57 issues closed since v4.3
    • >54 PRs merged since v4.3

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 3 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v4.3

  • New Features
    • Added the ability for WEC-Sim to be run directly from Simulink #503 #512 #548
    • Added capability to read Capytaine (.nc) output. Includes examples of running Capytaine with hydrostatics #464
    • Created a more accurate infinite frequency added mass calculation #517
    • Added ability for setInitDisp to intake multiple initial rotations #516 #586
  • Documentation
    • Restructured into four manuals: introduction, theory, user and development #455 #557
    • Update of code structure section #455, links #649 , diagrams #643, paraview #642,
    • Added section on suggested troubleshooting #641
  • Continuous integration tests
    • Overhaul and speed up of tests #508 #620
    • Extension of tests to the applications cases WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim_Applications#7
  • Clean up
    • Created issue templates on GitHub #575, #634,
    • Updated Morison Element warning flags #408
    • Clean up response class methods #491 #514
    • Clean up paraview output functions #490
  • Bug Fixes
    • Paraview macros and .pvsm files #459
    • BEMIO read mean drift force in R2021a #636
    • PTO-Sim calling workspace #632
    • Combine_BEM Ainf initialization #611

>100 issues closed since v4.2
>45 PRs merged since v4.2

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by akeeste almost 4 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v4.2

  • New Features
    • Added normal/tangential option for Morison Force (simu.morisonElement = 2) #408
    • Added Drag Body (body(i).nhBody=2) #423 #384
    • WEC-Sim output saved to structure #426
    • Added WEC-Sim parallel execution for batch runs (``wecSimPCT`) using MATLAB parallel computing toolbox #438
    • Added end stops to PTOs #445
  • Documentation
    • Automatically compile docs with TravisCI #439
    • Generate docs for master and dev branches of WEC-Sim
  • Bug Fixes
    • Resolved convolution integral bug for body-to-body interactions #444
    • Resolved PTO-Sim bug for linear to rotary conversion blocks #327 #485
    • Resolved variant subsystem labeling bug #486 #479

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 4 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v4.1

  • Added passive yaw
  • Revised spectral formulations per IEC TC114 TS 62600-2 Annex C
  • Updated examples on the WEC-Sim_Applications repository
  • Added unit tests with Jenkins
  • Added API documentation for WEC-Sim classes
  • Merged Pull Requests
    • Updated BEMIO for AQWA version comparability #373
    • Extended capabilities for ParaView visualization #355

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl almost 5 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v4.0

  • Added mean drift force calculation

  • Added generalized body modes for simulating flexible WEC devices and for structure loading analysis

  • Updated BEMIO for the two added functionalities

DOI

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by yuyihsiang over 5 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v3.1

  • Added wave gauges for three locations

  • Added command line documentation for objects

  • Added error and warning flags

  • Converted Morrison Elements to script instead of block

  • Converted WEC-Sim and PTO-Sim library files back to slx format

  • Fixed plot error in MATLAB 2018b

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by yuyihsiang over 6 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v3.0

  • Added option of equal energy spacing for irregular waves (default).
  • Added option to calculate the wave elevation at a location different from the origin
  • Added option to define gamma for JONSWAP spectrum
  • Improved the WEC-Sim simulation speed when using rapid-acceleration mode
  • Fixed path bug in BEMIO for LINUX/OSX users
  • Changed/Added following WEC-Sim parameters
    • waves.randPreDefined -> waves.phaseSeed
    • waves.phaseRand -> waves.phase
    • simu.dtFeNonlin -> simu.dtNL
    • simu.rampT -> simu.rampTime
    • Added simu.dtME to allow specification of Morison force time-step

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 7 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v2.2

New Features:

  • Updated WEC-Sim's parser for moorDyn
  • Added option to save pressure data for non-linear hydro (simu.pressureDis)
  • Major repository cleanup

NOTE: Re-clone repository

  • GitHub history was re-written to make repository much smaller. The clone should be much faster than before.
  • Please verify that the *.h5 files are properly downloaded and placed in the correct directory.

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl almost 8 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v2.1

New Features:

  • MATLAB version of BEMIO (to replace python version)
  • Variable time step option added by @ratanakso
  • Update to MCR, option to not re-load h5 file by @bradling
  • Update to waveClass to allow for definition of min/max wave frequency by @bradling

NOTE: not backwards compatible

  • mooring blocks were modified

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 8 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v2.0

New Features:

  • Body-to-body interactions for radiation forces
  • Morrison forces
  • Batch run mode
  • More general constraint, PTO, and mooring implementation
  • Mooring sub-library
  • More realistic PTO and mooring modelling through PTO-Sim and integration with MoorDyn
  • Non-hydrodynamic body option
  • Visualization using ParaView

NOTE: not backwards compatible

  • Surge Constraint and PTO blocks were removed
  • Mooring definition through body or constraints blocks removed
  • Body number no longer specified as second input to bodyClass initialization

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by about 9 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.3

New Features:

  • body2body interactions
  • batch runs, aka multiple case runs (MCR)
  • moordyn
  • non-hydro body
  • Morrison
  • joint updates
  • visualization using Paraview

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 9 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.2.1

Updates (no new features):

  • Improved compatibility with bemio. WEC-Sim now checks bemio version to ensure compatibility.
  • Revision to PTO output

WEC-Sim Website:
http://wec-sim.github.io/WEC-Sim

Online Forum:
https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/issues

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by kmruehl over 9 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.2

New Features:

  • Nonlinear Froude-Krylov hydrodynamics and hydrostatics
  • State space radiation
  • Wave directionality
  • User-defined wave elevation time-series
  • Imports non-dimensionalized BEMIO hydrodynamic data (instead of fully dimensional coefficients)
  • 'Variant Subsystems' implemented to improve code stability (instead of if statements)
  • Bug fixes

WEC-Sim Website:
http://wec-sim.github.io/WEC-Sim

Online Forum:
https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/issues

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by lawsonro3 almost 10 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.1.1

Updates (no new features):

  • v1.1.1 contains minor bug fixes to v1.1

WEC-Sim Website:
http://wec-sim.github.io/WEC-Sim

Online Forum:
https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/issues

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by lawsonro3 almost 10 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.1

New Features:

  • Restructured code to object orientated programming
  • Bug fixes

NOTE: not backwards compatible

  • major code structure changes

WEC-Sim Website:
http://wec-sim.github.io/WEC-Sim

Online Forum:
https://github.com/WEC-Sim/WEC-Sim/issues

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by lawsonro3 about 10 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.0.1

Updates:

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by over 10 years ago

WEC-Sim - WEC-Sim v1.0

WEC-Sim Version 1.0 Release Notes

  • Initial release of the WEC-Sim code
  • Available as a static download on OpenEI
  • Documentation available in PDF

For more information see webpage:
http://en.openei.org/wiki/WEC-Sim

NOTE: OpenEI now redirects to WEC-Sim website

Renewable Energy - Hydro Energy - MATLAB
Published by lawsonro3 over 10 years ago