Dear Bladed
User,
Welcome to the first Bladed newsletter. Designed with you in mind, this
regular newsletter will keep you up to date with all the latest news,
new features and tips for using Bladed.
If you have any feedback on the newsletter, please email Bladed
Support.
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Bladed Support
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DNV GL
CHANGES TO DEFAULT GEOMETRIC STIFFNESS
MODEL IN BLADED
Recent
studies have shown that, in some cases, the default modelling settings
in Bladed were not giving accurate results.
Bladed’s geometric stiffness model gives a first order non-linear
enhancement of the blade dynamic response. In Bladed 4.5-4.7, the
effect of element shear forces was included in the geometric stiffness
calculation. However, studies have since shown that, for many blade
designs, the geometric stiffness shear forces has a detrimental effect
on simulation accuracy and stability. Therefore the geometric stiffness
model default setting has been changed from “full” to “axial only” in
Bladed 4.5-4.7.
Full
details are available here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
European
Bladed user conference 2016
Following
the success of past events, the third annual European Bladed user
conference will take place on 10 November 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. It
provides a unique opportunity to present your recent work using Bladed,
meet the software developers to discuss your needs and shape the future
of Bladed, and engage with your peers within the wind turbine design
industry.
Click here for more information about presenting or
registering.
Complete structural analysis for offshore wind seminars
Are
you a Bladed user looking for an integrated solution for offshore wind
turbine support structure design? We have been developing links between
Bladed and Sesam, DNV GL’s offshore structural analysis software tool,
to enable an efficient and optimised workflow for offshore wind turbine
loads analysis and support structure design.
To
learn more, join one of the one-day seminars this autumn in London, Hamburg and Beijing (to be confirmed).
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