WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator
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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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, Michael
A2 - Yu, Yi-Hsiang
A3 - Ruehl, Kelley
A4 - Michelen, Carlos
A5 - Tom, Nathan
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
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 -
Lawson, Michael, et al. WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15 March, 2016, NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/39.
Lawson, M., Yu, Y., Ruehl, K., Michelen, C., & Tom, N. (2016). WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/39
Lawson, Michael, Yi-Hsiang Yu, Kelley Ruehl, Carlos Michelen, and Nathan Tom. WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March, 15, 2016. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/39
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title = {WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator},
author = {Lawson, Michael and Yu, Yi-Hsiang and Ruehl, Kelley and Michelen, Carlos and Tom, Nathan},
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.nlr.gov/submissions/39},
year = {2016},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/39},
note = {Accessed: 2026-07-07}
}
Details
Data from Mar 15, 2016
Last updated Mar 12, 2026
Submitted Mar 15, 2016
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Michael J. Lawson
Authors
Original Source
https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/39Research Areas
Keywords
MATLAB, SIMULINK, WEC-Sim, Wind and Water, SNL, Sandia, energy conversion, hydro, kenetic, simulation, simulation tool, software, wave energy, water power, power-take-off-systemDOE Project Details
Project Name Software: WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter - SIMulator)
Project Number GO28308
