OpenFAST is a highly customizable open-source wind turbine dynamics simulation tool managed by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). It allows engineers to analyze a range of wind turbine configurations and model them on land or offshore on fixed or floating substructures.
Inductiva stays up to date with the latest versions of OpenFAST. Below is a list of the supported versions, along with their respective release dates:
To use a specific OpenFAST version, simply specify it when initializing the simulator:
openfast = inductiva.simulators.OpenFAST( \
version="4.1.0")
If you need to use a version not listed here, please feel free to Contact Us. We’ll be happy to accommodate your request!
Each version of OpenFAST in the Inductiva API has its own publicly available container image, so you can also use it to run simulations. These images are hosted in our Docker Hub repository, Kutu, and you can find the Dockerfile details for each version here.
The three most commonly used DLLs have already been precompiled and are included in the OpenFAST Docker images. You can find them at the following paths inside the container:
/DLLs/DISCON.dll/DLLs/DISCON_ITIBarge.dll/DLLs/DISCON_OC3Hywind.dllThe Inductiva Guide to OpenFAST
Learn to run and scale OpenFAST simulations on the Inductiva.AI Cloud HPC platform. Explore tutorials and benchmarks for wind turbine modeling.
Test Your Inductiva Setup
Test your Inductiva.AI setup by running a quick OpenFAST simulation in the cloud before scaling to larger wind turbine studies.