[Robin86]

My project is to couple OpenFAST and STAR-CCM+ to analyse hydrodynamic behavior of wind turbine semi-platform under the wave environment. I describe my problem in detail below.

I want to analyse hydrodynamic behavior of wind turbine semi-platform under the wave environment. At the beginning, I use STAR-CCM+ to calculate the loads of wave acting on the platform in the first time step. Then I want to transfer these loads to OpenFAST to calculate the responses (e.g. dispalcement ) of platform in the first time step. Maybe it's the ElatoDyn module to do this calculation. After calculating the responses in OpenFAST, I want to transfer these responses to STAR-CCM+, so that STAR-CCM+ can calculate the loads acting on the platform in the second step by appling the responses data from OpenFAST. Then the loads are transferred to OpenFAST again to calculate the responses of the platform. Loads and responses transferring continues each time step till the maximum modeling time is reached.


Now, I can export the loads data, forces and moments acting on the center of mass of the platform in three directions, from STAR-CCM+. I want to find the way to transfer these loads data to OpenFAST so that it can do the calculation of responses. Later, Star CCM+ can receive the responses data to continue the calculation in the next time step.

My questions are:
1. Is it possible to couple OpenFAST and STAR-CCM+ in the way I mention above? How difficut is it?
2. Are there any documents about OpenFAST or Star CCM+ that can help me do this coupling?
3. I am a master of civil engineering and it's my second years in school. I know little about programming language. Is it possible for me to couple OpenFAST and STAR-CCM+ in the way I mention above? Is there enough time for me because I have only another one year before my graduation?

I wish your answer! Thank you very much!

[harishameed33]

Have you done this work?