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WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator

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WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open-source wave energy converter (WEC) simulation tool.

The code is developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK using the multi-body dynamics solver SimMechanics. WEC-Sim has the ability to model devices that are comprised of rigid bodies, power-take-off systems, and mooring systems. Simulations are performed in the time-domain by solving the governing WEC equations of motion in 6 degrees-of-freedom. The WEC-Sim project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Technologies Office and the code development effort is a collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL).

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TY - DATA AB - WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open-source wave energy converter (WEC) simulation tool. The code is developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK using the multi-body dynamics solver SimMechanics. WEC-Sim has the ability to model devices that are comprised of rigid bodies, power-take-off systems, and mooring systems. Simulations are performed in the time-domain by solving the governing WEC equations of motion in 6 degrees-of-freedom. The WEC-Sim project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Technologies Office and the code development effort is a collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). AU - Lawson A2 - Yu A3 - Ruehl A4 - Michelen A5 - Tom DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - MATLAB KW - SIMULINK KW - WEC-Sim KW - Wind and Water KW - SNL KW - Sandia KW - energy conversion KW - hydro KW - kenetic KW - simulation KW - simulation tool KW - software KW - wave energy KW - water power KW - power-take-off-system LA - English DA - 2016/03/15 PY - 2016 PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory T1 - WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8145 ER -
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Lawson, et al. WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15 March, 2016, NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/39.
Lawson, Yu, Ruehl, Michelen, & Tom. (2016). WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/39
Lawson, Yu, Ruehl, Michelen, and Tom. WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March, 15, 2016. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/39
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8145, title = {WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator}, author = {Lawson and Yu and Ruehl and Michelen and Tom}, abstractNote = {WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open-source wave energy converter (WEC) simulation tool.

The code is developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK using the multi-body dynamics solver SimMechanics. WEC-Sim has the ability to model devices that are comprised of rigid bodies, power-take-off systems, and mooring systems. Simulations are performed in the time-domain by solving the governing WEC equations of motion in 6 degrees-of-freedom. The WEC-Sim project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Technologies Office and the code development effort is a collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). }, url = {https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/39}, year = {2016}, howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/39}, note = {Accessed: 2025-04-24} }

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Data from Mar 15, 2016

Last updated Dec 18, 2024

Submitted Mar 15, 2016

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Michael J. Lawson

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Lawson

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Yu

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Ruehl

Sandia National Laboratory

Michelen

Sandia National Laboratory

Tom

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

DOE Project Details

Project Name Software: WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter - SIMulator)

Project Number GO28308

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