Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an opensource software for modeling the motions, loads and power generation of wave energy converters. WEC-Sim performs simulations in the time domain using hydrodynamic coefficients calculated by boundary element method (BEM) frequency-domain potential flow solvers such as WAMIT, NEMOH, Capytaine, or Ansys AQWA. WEC-Sim development is ongoing, including various features, applications, and example cases used to demonstrate potential use-cases to meet the needs of the growing marine energy industry. Through input from a broad user base and an extensive team of developers and collaborators, new features of WEC-Sim are developed to expand the software’s use cases and improve overall functionality. Three new WEC-Sim features highlighted in this paper include updating WEC-Sim to be compatible with MoorDyn Version 2, incorporation of second order excitation loads (quadratic transfer functions) and allowing for dynamically changing hydrodynamics.
Authors
- Kelley Ruehl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7379-4206)
- Jeff Grasberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3374-6119)
- Mohamed A. Shabara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-1412)
- Ryan R. Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4631-9685)
- Dominic Forbush (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-7257)
- Adam Keester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8562-6813)
- Salman Husain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6044-2845)
- Jorge A. Leòn
- David Ogden
Institutions
- Sandia National Laboratories (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Marine Energy Journal
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36688/imej.8.259-263
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.66
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Water Power Technologies Office
- Sandia National Laboratories