Sandia National Laboratories – Wave Energy Converter Simulator (WEC-SIM)

Description

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 Simscape Multibody. 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.

Capabilities include:

• Software support for WEC-SIM

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Point of Contact: Kelley Ruehl – kmruehl@sandia.gov