offshore wind

floating wind

floating solar

hydrodynamics and moorings

Our

tools

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

To respond to change in project requirements with greater flexibility, we have developed in-house predesign, processing and post-processing tools;

The commercial and in-house softwares work on powerful computers which enable us to fulfill 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, developed by DNVGL. Windglaz has been using it for over 16 years

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Type of studies

  • Aerodynamic loading calculation
  • Hydrodynamic loading calculation
  • Coupled simulations for offshore wind turbines
  • Coupled simulations for floating wind turbines

OrcaFlex

OrcaFlex and OrcaWave are the world’s leading packages for the dynamic analysis of offshore marine systems, including wind turbines.

Fields

         

Type of studies

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

OpenFast – NREL

OpenFAST is an open-source wind turbine simulation tool developed by the NREL team. A renowned software, it has been used by many research and development programs. Windglaz has been using it for over 16 years.

Fields

   

Type of studies

  • R&D projects
  • Training in engineering schools
  • Coupled simulations for offshore wind turbines
  • Coupled simulations for floating wind turbines

                           

DeeplinesWind, developed and maintained by Principia, is a reference software package for the coupled simulation of the dynamic behavior of offshore or floating wind turbines, as well as other floating structures.

Fields

         

Type of studies

  • Aerodynamic loading calculation
  • Hydrodynamic loading calculation
  • Dynamic loading calculation (moorings)
  • Coupled simulations for offshore and floating wind turbines

         

GRLWEAP, developed by the founders of Pile Dynamics, Inc. is a reference tool for the dynamic analysis of pile driving, widely used by professionals in the offshore and onshore sectors.

Fields

     

Type of studies

  • Integrated pile/soil/structure analysis under dynamic loading

  • Optimization of the pile driving system

  • Verification of fatigue or ultimate strength limits

  • Analysis of induced stresses in the pile

  • Assessment of dynamic bearing capacity

DeeplinesWind, developed and maintained by Principia, is a reference software package for the coupled simulation of the dynamic behavior of offshore or floating wind turbines, as well as other floating structures.

Fields

         

Type of studies

  • Aerodynamic loading calculation
  • Hydrodynamic loading calculation
  • Dynamic loading calculation (moorings)
  • Coupled simulations for offshore and floating wind turbines

GRLWEAP, developed by the founders of Pile Dynamics, Inc. is a reference tool for the dynamic analysis of pile driving, widely used by professionals in the offshore and onshore sectors.

Fields

 

Type of studies

  • Integrated pile/soil/structure analysis under dynamic loading

  • Optimization of the pile driving system

  • Verification of fatigue or ultimate strength limits

  • Analysis of induced stresses in the pile

  • Assessment of dynamic bearing capacity

 In-house tools

We developed a set of tools and equivalent models to bring powerful services to our customers

WINDGLAZ Equivalent Turbines

Turbine loads are key data inputs in any offshore foundation sizing and design. During the preliminary design, these loads are often missing because the wind turbine manufacturer has not yet been involved in the project. WINDGLAZ has the capability to generate equivalent turbine numerical models. These are constantly adjusted and updated following the market’s trend.

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

Fields

   

Type of Studies

  • R&D program
  • Fixed or floating foundation preliminary design
  • Sensitivity studies

WINDGLAZ Predesign Tools

Developed since 2009, our tools enable us to predimension any type of fixed or floating offshore turbine concepts.

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Purpose : Define floater characteristics, in the absence of foundation designer to make quick sensitivity studies

  • Build up any type of floater using flexible architecture approach

  • RDM solver included (static ULS and FLS)

  • Pre-design of mooring line and look-up table (static analysis)

  • Automatic hydrodynamic coefficient and ballast calculations

  • Automatic population and post-processing of model calculations for dynamics checks (modes RAO, …)

Purpose: Define blade characteristics, in the absence of WTG manufacturer, to run coupled simulations (Bladed / Orcaflex / Deeplines / Fast)

  • Predesign tools for blades

  • Aerodynamic optimisation

  • Structural analysis

  • Modal analysis

  • Automatic generation of blade model

 

Purpose: Create a Load Case Table (LCT) from metocean data (hindcast)

  • DLC definition

  • Hindcast data treatment (scatter diagrams)

  • Representativity level assessment

  • List reduction

  • LCT list

Purpose: Define a control command algorithm, in the absence of WTG manufacturer, to run coupled simulations (Bladed / Orcaflex / Deeplins / Fast)

  • Working for both fixed and floating contexts

  • In-house capacity to adapt it to any turbine size and floater performance

  • In-house capacity to compile it for any software
    (OPENFAST, BLADED, ORCAFLEX, DEEPLINES)

Purpose: Optimize a control command algorithm with specific targets

  • Automatic generation of simulations and post-processing

  • Semi-automatic or automatic (genetic algorithm) selections of control command parameters to be tested

  • Optimization based on user-defined cost function

Purpose: Define monopile characteristics

  • Semi-automatic generation of monopile model for time domain analysis

  • Preliminary design checks based on loads database

  • Soil database

  • Modal damping calculation including soil and radiation contributions

  • Hydrodynamic coefficients calculation (including boatlanding)

  • Automatic post-processing of loads 

Purpose: Account for 2ⁿᵈ order wave loads for Bladed coupled simulations

  • Generation of second order loads for any sea state

  • Sum and difference frequency loads as point loads

  • Compatible with AQWA, WAMIT and ORCAWAVE 

Purpose: Simplified fatigue calculation for any Floating Solar Unit, depending on site conditions

  • Wave generation from wind speed and fetch

  • Fatigue assessment based on solar farm scantling

  • Optimization loop

  • User functionalities for implementing other concept and/or site 

Purpose: Evaluate hydrostatic non-linearity in complex multiple floating structures

  • Automatic discretization of non-linear shape for stability analysis of interconnected objects

  • User interface for easy assembly definition

  • Large array possible