A new system using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded-control software releases keeps turbines up on the farm For its wind turbine control systems, Siemens’ engineers faced the challenge ...

Wind River enables NASA program to successfully meet its goals to develop a complete simulator in a reduced timeframe and at a lower cost. Wind River Simics implemented as an essential component of ...

U.S. based MSC Software announces the 2012 version of its Advanced Wind Turbine Modeling (AdWiMo) solution. AdWiMo allows rapid modeling and accurate system simulation of wind turbines. As a plug-in ...

At the 2013 Americas Altair Technology Conference last week in Garden Grove, Calif., Altair introduced an application designed to improve wind tunnel simulation for evaluating a vehicle's external ...

AnalySwift, LLC, a provider of efficient high-fidelity modeling software for composites and other advanced materials, announced today the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy ...

Consider the inside of a typical wind turbine nacelle. It will contain a gearbox, electrical controls, a generator, hub mounting, blade controls, and several other major systems. In the case of ...

Simulations with computational fluid dynamics show aerodynamic and loading effects on everything from a single turbine to complete wind farms. For years, CFD software has helped engineers optimize ...