OpenFAST · andrew-platt · Dec 23, 2024 · Dec 23, 2024
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v2.4.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v2.4.0.md
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+### General
+- #428 Improve CLI for OpenFAST (`openfast -v` and `openfast -h`)
+- #350 Add offshore linearization capability
+- #488 Improve Line2-to-Line2 or Line2-to-Point mapping
+- #508 Support RANLUX as an optional pRNG
+- #373 Support for channel names up to 20 characters
+- #373 Allow mode shape visualization - [docs](https://github.com/OpenFAST/matlab-toolbox#mode-shapes-visualization)
+- #373 Find a periodic steady-state trim solution where linearization will be performed
+- Update documentation
+- Bug fixes
+
+### AeroDyn
+- #477 Add free vortex wake module - [docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/master/source/user/aerodyn-olaf/index.html)
+- #515 Add aeroacoustics module - [docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/master/source/user/aerodyn-aeroacoustics/index.html)
+- #373 Allow channel outputs at every blade node - [docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/master/source/user/aerodyn/input.html#ad-nodal-outputs)
+
+### BeamDyn
+- #373 Allow channel outputs at every blade node - [docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/master/source/user/beamdyn/input_files.html#bd-nodal-outputs)
+
+### ElastoDyn
+- #453 Bug fix: the rotational speed was doubled in the rotational velocity field of the blade output mesh
+- #461 Add output channel for translational displacements of tower top at yaw bearing relative to the reference position
+- #373 Allow channel outputs at every blade node - [docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/master/source/user/elastodyn/input.html#ed-nodal-outputs)
+
+### ExtPtfm
+- #344 Use Craig-Bampton reduction of support structures for sequential load calculations
+
+### InflowWind
+- #437 Add new HAWC wind profile input type for reading wind conditions without mean wind speed
+- #437 Allow to shift the HAWC wind upstream or downstream
+
+### ServoDyn
+- #456 Properly support yaw rate command integration from controller
+- #460 Fix an issue in updating the states when a yaw maneuver is beginning
+
+### r-test
+- #456 Update 5MW BeamDyn blade damping models
+
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v2.5.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v2.5.0.md
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+### General
+In v2.5.0, the `master` branch will become `main` and this will serve as the "trunk" or primary branch for OpenFAST. This is in line with current best practices in naming conventions (see [here](https://github.com/github/renaming)).
+
+### AeroDyn
+- #538 Update AeroDyn to allow for linearized dynamic stall and dynamic inflow models
+- #538 Disable BEM if TSR <= 1, blend BEM and non-BEM when 1 < TSR < 2, output the proportion of BEM in GeomPhi output channel
+- #590 [BugFix] VTK folder location, Vx sign for OLAF
+- #594 [BugFix] Close a file that was opened but not closed
+- #623 [BugFix] Allocate array to size 0 before getting its size
+- #627 [BugFix] Fix logic for setting size of arrays for airfoil tables
+
+### BeamDyn
+- #560 Expand and improve BeamDyn unit tests
+- #564 Documentation updates: Add BD OpenFAST solve section 
+- #576 Replace cubic spline with least squares fit
+- #619 [BugFix] Regenerate Types files after registry file changes
+
+### FAST Library
+- #550 Make channel length consistent between C and Fortran sides of interface
+- #616 Fix potential memory leak and expand error handling
+
+### HydroDyn
+- #582 Use RANLUX pRNG in offshore floating regression test cases
+- #586 Hd Driver - Add Morrison mesh and standalone driver test cases
+- #602 Vectorize a section of VariousWaves_Init (also #606)
+
+### InflowWind
+- #578 InflowWind Updates (vertical flow angle, Bladed support, negetive height)
+- #596 Add support for initializing InflowWind with string inputs
+
+### MoorDyn
+- #565 Add active tensioning capabilities in MoorDyn
+- #604 [BugFix] Fix position and tension node outputs
+- #619 [BugFix] Regenerate Types files after registry file changes
+
+### NWTC Library
+- #588 Add NWTC Library infrastructure for parsing inputs as strings
+- #603 [BugFix] Fix order of variables declaration
+
+### Simulink
+- #545 Support for GNU compiler on Linux systems
+- #577 Updated examples for OpenFAST-Simulink Interface
+- #616 Fix potential memory leak and add more error handling
+
+### Documentation
+- #558 Refer to conda for installation ([docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/dev/source/install/index.html#download-binaries))
+- #559 Update unit test guidance ([docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/dev/source/testing/unit_test.html))
+- #614 [BugFix] Fix api_change.rst ([docs](https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/dev/source/user/api_change.html))
+
+### Build system
+- #547 [BugFix] cmake configuration for  Linux + Intel + Debug
+- #583 CMake: set CMP0074 policy explicitly to avoid warnings
+- #595 Disable gfortran stack-reuse compiler option
+- #610 Prevent variable tracking in large Fortran modules
+
+### Testing
+- #579 #599 #610 Improve GH Actions
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v2.6.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v2.6.0.md
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+This release includes the following major enhancements:
+- Support for flexible floating platforms and expansion of linearization capability (#537)
+
+### AeroDyn
+#645 Add Eames tower shadow model to AD15
+#643 Support primary input file parsing through strings
+
+### BeamDyn
+#615 [BugFix] Initialized error variables
+#636 Add unit tests for BD_ComputeIniNodalCrv
+
+### HydroDyn
+#537 Flexible floating platforms
+#615 Morison performance improvement
+#634 Fix HydroDyn linearization matrix multiplication using unallocated arrays
+
+### InflowWind
+#642 [BugFix] Reenable InflowWind echo file lost in #596
+
+### NWTC Library
+#615 NWTC Lib bug fixes
+
+### Simulink Interface
+#641 [BugFix] Simulink error message overwrite
+
+### Testing
+#637 Use default runner and GFortran 10
+#635 Use Intel 2021 Toolset for regression test
+
+
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v3.0.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v3.0.0.md
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+This release includes the following major enhancements:
+- FAST.Farm (#584)
+- ServoDyn structural control submodule (#607)
+
+### AeroDyn
+#597 AD/AA: Add new TE definition, improve airfoil thickness calculation, simplify input
+#647 Add ability to turn unsteady aero back on during a simulation
+#648 OLAF improvements for WEIS
+#672 Preliminary support for multiple rotors in AeroDyn
+#728 AllBldOuts more forgiving and support for 0
+
+### BeamDyn
+#677 BD Driver bug fix and expand BeamDyn unit testing
+
+### ElastoDyn
+#589 Allow one-blade turbine model
+#653 Add YawBrTV[xyz]p output channels
+#736 AllBldOuts more forgiving and support for 0
+
+### FAST.Farm
+#584 Incorporate FAST.Farm to OpenFAST
+#726 Build FAST.Farm when configured via BUILD_FASTFARM
+#749 Add Missing Attribute for sc_end in the FAST.Farm Super Controller
+
+### HydroDyn
+#687 [BugFix] incorrect pitch/roll moments on tapered elements crossing water line
+#713 [BugFix] Uninitialized variables in HydroDyn::Morisson calculations
+
+### NWTC Library
+#668 [BugFix] Sys files for MATLAB
+#683 Big fix in NWTC Library unit tests
+
+### OpenFAST Library
+#744 Avoid gfortran 11 error in FAST_Solver.f90
+
+### ServoDyn
+#607 ServoDyn Structural control submodule (formerly TMD)
+#690 [BugFix] Rename Structural Control driver program
+#739 [BugFix] Logic error in glue code for StC loads on SD with no HD
+
+### Documentation
+#678 Add documentation on input file parsing
+#682 Update installation instructions
+#696 Update the api_change for MoorDyn after PR #565
+
+### C++ Inteface
+#703 [BugFix] unallocated AD%y%Rotors when AD14 is used with cpp interface
+#709 Remove unused import to C++ driver code
+
+### Simulink interface
+#702 [BugFix] Correct the expected format of the output channel names array
+
+### Build systems
+#698 Configure runtime path linking when using shared libraries
+#706 Automate incrementing the dev-label conda build
+#725 Updated linking dependencies for newer version of Visual Studio
+#727 Update rules for Intel OneAPI compiler detection
+
+### Testing
+#670 Enable regression tests for the C++ API
+#686 Bug fix for regression tests without C++ API enabled
+#689 Enable types generation in CI
+#691 Add SubDyn and AeroDyn drivers regression tests to github action
+#717 GH Actions: run module tests with debug build
+#718 [BugFix] Raise an error if reg test results contain NaN or infinity
+#741 CTest: Add FF reg tests when FF build is enabled
+
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v3.1.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v3.1.0.md
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+# Release Notes
+
+### General
+#707 Add environmental variables to driver input files
+#734 OpenFAST Registry algorithm change: simplify USE statements
+Others (#826, #835, #836, #911, #918, #971, #1019)
+
+### AeroDyn
+#688 AeroDyn driver update for multiple wind turbines, with arbitrary motions and geometries
+#729 New features for unsteady aerodynamics modeling
+#834 Fix AD Driver unallocated variable error with GCC 11
+#863 AeroDyn cleanup
+#917 AD15: add nodal outputs for VUnd{xyz}i in global coords
+#919 Segment treecode
+#920 Update in Computing Default Unsteady Airfoil Coefficients
+#922 [BugFix] Minor bugfix in AirfoilInfo
+#982 [BugFix] AD15 nacelle reference position was set to hub position
+#1001 Remove conditional statement for initialization of BEMT variable
+#1009 [BugFix] Nacelle position set inconsistently by glue code and AeroDyn driver
+
+### BeamDyn
+#996 [BugFix] BeamDyn nodal outputs occasionally segfaulted
+
+### FAST Farm
+#839 Fix Bug in FAST.Farm Causing Wake Bounce-Back
+#860 Fix some memory leaks in FAST.Farm
+#895 [BugFix] incorrect init of aggregated output index arrays in FAST.Farm
+#923 [BugFix] error handling in AWAE module
+
+### HydroDyn
+#756 HydroDyn primary input file passing and parsing
+#831 HydroDyn Input/Output meshes: change from SWL to MSL for consistency with OF glue code
+#838 [BugFix] segmentation fault in HD linearization 
+#915 [BugFix] Incorrect reference frame used in HD for WAMIT/WAMIT2 
+#998 Fix HydroDyn summary file nodal data is incorrect when Member is flipped
+
+### InflowWind
+#720 inflowWind C-bound interface and python wrapper
+#769 Fix issue with interpolation that could cause a segmentation fault
+#929 Fix issue with uninitialized variables in InflowWind's Direct Scaling method
+
+### NWTC Library
+#1002 Increase line length in FileInfo parsing methods
+
+### OpenFAST Library
+#716 [BugFix] Fix C++ API for restart, Error handling in FAST Library, and AeroDyn echo file lock
+#958 Lin: CalcSteady, forcing linearization at end of simulation
+
+### ServoDyn
+#664 Extended Bladed DLL interface, improved summary file including DLL channel usage, and cable controls for MD and SD
+#902 Fixes for Intel in debug mode
+#930 Stop OpenFAST for Simulink simulation when trim solution has been found
+
+### SubDyn
+#859 Various improvements to SubDyn
+
+### Documentation
+#740 Guidelines for performance considerations with Fortran
+#753 Migrate the HydroDyn Manual to readthedocs
+#805 Include legacy documentation in pdf and MS Word format - General & ElastoDyn
+#828 Add instructions for adding new regression test cases
+#858 Documentation for ExtPtfm
+#951 Corrected the description of SkewModFactor in Documentation
+#1020 Document AD outputs
+
+
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v3.2.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v3.2.0.md
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+# Release Notes
+
+### General
+#866 Include legacy documentation in pdf and MS Word format - Modules
+#1021 Reg_tests python scripts: fix issue where directory returned is empty
+#1062 Add documentation for community contribution
+#1169 Update git-module urls
+#1158 Update orientation differences in linear trim solution
+#1177 Add documentation on 3D rotations in linearization
+#1178 Corrections for 3.2.0 release
+
+### AeroDyn
+#932 BugFix: UA update states that were not updated
+#1032 AD: added more nodal outputs for debugging UA
+#1039 [BugFix] Nacelle motion not passed between AeroDyn driver and AeroDyn
+#1043 AeroDyn: combine some FVW and BEMT output calculations
+#1045 OLAF: check for division by zero to avoid invalid calculations
+#1141 Move AD module reg tests to a standalone job
+
+### BeamDyn
+#1050 Fix aeroelastic stability analysis with BeamDyn
+
+### FAST.Farm
+#1107 Fix Time-Step Delay in Super Controller within FAST.Farm
+
+### HydroDyn
+#806 C-bindings interface for HydroDyn
+#1047 Fix HydroDyn Jacobian outputs when LinOutJac is True
+#1108 BugFix: Checks to populate matrix input to Newman's app were reversed
+#1173 Bug Fix: rotation matrix perturbation with small angles was wrong
+
+### InflowWind
+#1144 BugFix: Fix typo in DLLEXPORT attributes for IfW C interface
+
+### MAP++
+#1048 MAP: small fix based on MAP 1.3
+#1168 Fix MAP linearization operating point
+
+### NWTC Library
+#1050 Fix aeroelastic stability analysis with BeamDyn -- changes to the library routines for angle perturbations during linearization
+#1124 Updates to VersionInfo module and its dependencies
+#1157 Fix for binary file compression
+
+### OpenFAST Library
+#962 Add a Python glue-code interface
+#1057 FAST Library: add access to hub position and velocity
+
+### ServoDyn
+#803 Linearization of ServoDyn Structural control elements
+#1074 [BugFix] ServoDyn StC control signal channels were not zeroed properly
+#1089 BugFix: Fix API change line numbers
+#1101 BugFix: ServoDyn API change docs
+#1140 Add non-rotating hub forces to Bladed Interface
+#1160 Correction to documentation on Extended Bladed DLL interface
+
+### TurbSim
+#887 TurbSim modifications
+
+
+
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v3.2.1.md b/docs/changelogs/v3.2.1.md
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+# Release Notes
+
+This release contains the following bug fixes:
+
+#1201 Include stdexcept in FastLibAPI driver
+#1180 Add conditional compile for C++ / C definitions in OpenFAST Library
+Revert #1169 Update git-module urls
+
+
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v3.3.0.md b/docs/changelogs/v3.3.0.md
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+# Release Notes
+
+### General
+#1183 Fix bugs and issues in the online documentation
+#1248 OpenFAST Registry: allow pointers
+
+### AeroDyn
+#1000 Updates of Unsteady Aero (UAMod=4) and DBEMT (DBEMT_Mod=3) for linearization
+#1037 Bug fix: BEMT was disabled for negative inflow
+#1042 AD: merge more of `TwrInfl` and `TwrInflArray` routines
+#1061 Fix AeroDyn WriteOutput linearization (and cleanup some code)
+#1078 Enable cavitation calculation and outputs using FVW
+#1188 AD15 driver: add visualization option for line meshes in addition to surfaces
+#1239 AeroAcoustics: fix BL-thickness for heavily-tripped airfoil
+
+### HydroDyn
+#999 Fix HD added mass on member end (Close #992)
+#1230 HD: increase max length of line read from kinematics files
+
+### MoorDyn
+#1086 MoorDyn v2 + shared moorings + wave propagation in FAST.Farm
+
+### MAP++
+#1186 MAP: allow keyword `fixed` and `fix`
+
+### NWTC Library
+#1254 NWTC Library and WriteOutput updates
+
+### Build System
+#1198 Option to disable variable tracking with GNU compiler
+#1228 r-test: Remove -m64 in CMAKE_Fortran_FLAG from r-test
+
+### Testing System
+#1203 Add parallel branches to GitHub Actions
+#1217 Consolidate regression test baseline set
+#1222 Improvements to regression test python scripts
+#1244 Reg-test scripts modification to help avoid race condition and cleanup of caselist
+#1264 GitHub Workflow: adding build-all-debug-single to check type errors
+
+### C++ API
+#1176 Simulink: add documentation of inputs to FAST_Library.h
+#1211 Use dt_out when storing OpenFAST outputs in Python interface
+#1227 Seg Fault due to hub model and external inflow
+
+### Linearization
+#1199 Small improvements for -VTKLin visualization outputs
+
+