Simulation Results & Data

Simulation results in live view.

Fig. 109 Simulation results in live view.

Live Results View

During the evaluation of a simulation, the live data generated can already be investigated by the user in the GUI (see Fig. 109). The graph view can be configured to display between 2 and 8 graphs simultaneously. Each graph displayed in QBlade’s GUI can be set to a graph type of choice.

The available graph types for QBlade time-domain simulations are:

  • Aerodynamic Time Graph: Displays aerodynamic results plotted over time.

  • Aerodynamic Blade Graph: Displays aerodynamic results plotted over the blade at the current timestep.

  • Aerodynamic Strut Graph: Displays aerodynamic results plotted over the strut at the current timestep.

  • Structural Time Graph: Displays structural results plotted over time.

  • Structural Blade Graph: Displays structural results plotted over the structural bodies at the current timestep.

  • Hydrodynamic Time Graph: Displays hydrodynamic results plotted over time.

  • Controller Time Graph: Displays the contents of the controller swap array, plotted over time.

  • Simulation Time Graph: Displays global simulation results and performance metrics, plotted over time. This graph also contains the time domain data of the global mooring system.

  • All Data Time Graph: Displays all results that are a function of time.

  • All Data PSD Graph: Displays all results as a function of frequency (performs a DFT for each plotted timeseries).

  • DWM Graph: Displays results from the Dynamic Wake Meandering model.

  • Ensemble Graph: Displays aggregated ensemble results spanning a range of simulations.

  • Campbell Graph: Displays model frequencies and damping ratios over a range of simulations.

The graph context menu, opened by right-clicking on a graph.

Fig. 110 The graph context menu, opened by right-clicking on a graph.