offshore wind

floating wind

floating solar

hydrodynamics and moorings

Our

tools

Our studies and analyses are performed using the industry’s latest software versions.

We are aware that requirements differ according to project phases, we have developed in-house predesign, processing and post-processing tools, in order to follow the projects rapidly and flexibly.

The commercial and in house software are supported on powerful computers that enables us to answer the sector specific requirements.

Bladed – DNV GL

Bladed is the leading wind turbine design software for the design and certification of onshore and offshore wind turbines, developped by DNVGL It is used by Windglaz teams for more than 10 years.

Fields

       

Type of studies

  • Aerodynamic loadings calculation
  • Hydrodynmiac loading calculation
  • Coupled simulations for offshore wind turbines
  • Couples simulations for floating wind turbines

ORCAFLEX

OrcaFlex is the world’s leading package for the dynamic analysis of offshore marine systems, including wind turbines.

Fields

         

Type of studies

  • Mooring system modelling
  • Installation procedure
  • Dffraction radiation calculation
  • Coupled simulations for offshore wind turbines
  • Couples simulations for floating wind turbines

OpenFast – NREL

OpenFAST is an open-source wind turbine simulation tool developed by NREL team. Reference software, it has been used for many research and development programms. It is used by Windglaz team for more than 10 years.

Fields

     

Type of studies

  • R&D projects
  • Training in enginneers highschool
  • Coupled simulations for offshore wind turbines
  • Couples simulations for floating wind turbines

 In-house tools

We developped a full set of tools and equivalent models to bring powerful services to our customers.

WINDGLAZ Predesign tools

Développé depuis 2009, ces outils nous permettent de prédimensionner tout type de concept d’éolienne offshore fixe ou flottante.

Fields

    

Type of studies

  • R&D Programm
  • Fixed or Floating Foundation Preliminary design
  • Control command optimization loop

WINDGLAZ Equivalent Turbines

Turbines loads are a key input data for every offshore foundation sizing and design. At preliminary design, these loads are oftenly missing because the wind turbine manufacturer is not yet involved in the project. WINDGLAZ has developped the capability to generate equivalent turbines numerical models. These are constantly adjusted and updated following the market trends.

The following database is available and can be updated upon demand.

Type of studies

  • R&D Programm
  • Fixed or Floating Foundation Preliminary design
  • Sensitivity studies