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    • WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator

    Metadata Updated: January 20, 2025

    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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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8145
    Data First Published 2016-03-15T16:20:59Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-12-18T17:36:27Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 019:20
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    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250120171954
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    Homepage URL https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/39
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Program Code 019:009, 019:010
    Projectnumber GO28308
    Projecttitle Software: WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter - SIMulator)
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f5b6d84dd337a603f6c80628cb46cb98fc4ddadf484e356b6c0930504d69c418
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