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sandialabs / CACTUS

CACTUS (Code for Axial and Cross-flow TUrbine Simulation) is a turbine performance simulation code, based on a free wake vortex method, to study wind turbines and marine hydrokinetic (MHK) devices.
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Issues with the Geometry File #51

Closed Meghas30 closed 2 years ago

Meghas30 commented 2 years ago

Hi Everyone, I am new to coding and doing my best to learn it. I am having issues understanding the Cactus geometry file. I want to simulate a straight-bladed rotor with three blades (Like RM2 tow-tank Experiment Sandia Lab). I don´t know how to calculate the blade unit tangent vectors for my simple geometry to modify the cactus geometry file. I would appreciate it if you can provide any document to understand this geometry file. So far I have the Cactus and the Cactus development Manual Only. Thank you. @whophil

Satyamshk2 commented 2 years ago

Unit vector

Satyamshk2 commented 2 years ago

Here, you can say (X, Y, Z) =(2, -4, 1) are the coordinates at elements ends.

Meghas30 commented 2 years ago

@Satyamshk2 Thank you