Offshore Wind Turbine Structural Analysis Software

Explore design alternatives, predict performance, and deliver safe, cost-effective offshore wind farm structures with OpenWindPower.

What is OpenWindPower Fixed Foundation?

OpenWindPower Fixed Foundation makes it easy to predict fatigue and extreme loads for the substructure and nonlinear foundation, subject to wave, wind, and mechanical loading. Analyze Wave and Wind Loading A wave surface profile may be determined from a wave height spectral density function using multiple random seeds. Wind loading can be input as time history or as a random loading developed from various spectra. Perform Coupled or Uncoupled Analysis Interface to the Bladed and FAST v7.1 software and account for the full coupling between wave, wind, and the wind-induced mechanical loading for a multimodal response analysis. Predict Stress Cycles with Fatigue Analysis The OpenWindPower Fixed Foundation fatigue analysis method uses the Rainflow counting approach to predict the stress cycles resulting from a time history analysis – including the ability to sequentially accumulate the damage from multiple analysis simulations for numerous wind speeds and seastates.

What is OpenWindPower Floating Platform?

Determine hydrodynamic, aerodynamic, and structural loading. Analyze environmental conditions and mooring configurations under a defined range of operating conditions. Model Floating Platforms Take advantage of flexible data import, mesh modeling, and automated curve and surface fitting capabilities to quickly generate models for the analysis of new or existing platforms. Systematically explore design alternatives by making measured changes to models with easy-to-use features. Apply transformations to increase the productivity of your initial design process. Analyze Floating Systems Automate analyses using the MOSES simulation language to define environmental conditions, specify mooring configurations, and run the integrated solvers in a unified environment. Ensure system response is within defined limits over a range of operating conditions. Ensure Compliance to Offshore Design Codes Ensure structural compliance using built-in checking, and filter results for critical conditions. Optimize design and configuration for compliance to numerous current and past international codes.

What is OpenWindPower Cloud Services?

OpenWindPower Cloud Services can significantly reduce your analysis time by 10 times or more with the power of Azure cloud computing services. Quickly Analyze Scenarios Achieve full design code compliance by considering all possible load scenarios in a fraction of the time it would take on your desktop. Using Scenario Services for OpenWindPower, hundreds of load cases can be executed in parallel on the cloud. You could see 10x or more time savings by leveraging the virtually unlimited computing power of the cloud. Take the Mobile App on the Go Creating, responding, and addressing RFIs and construction-related issues just got easier with Structural Navigator Mobile App. Your design models and data are available when and how you need them, on your phone or tablet and on all major platforms. Direct integration with ProjectWise Projects enables easy access to your managed project content and issues. Use Structural Navigator to easily view, edit, interrogate, and mark up your 3D designs. Stay connected wherever you go. Design Beyond the Desktop Analyze large and computing-intensive models on the latest version of the cloud using high-end hardware without consuming your desktop’s bandwidth. Full sets of analysis and design outputs from your cloud analysis can be downloaded for detailed post-processing on the desktop.