WindSE: Wind Systems Engineering

Simple Description:

WindSE is a python package that uses a FEniCS backend to perform wind farm simulations and optimization. Documentation can be found at: https://windse.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Quick Start-Up Guide:

It is easiest to run WindSE within a conda environment. To install conda check this link: Conda Installation. Additionally, WindSE has been tested on MacOS (Catalina 10.15) and Linux (CentOS 7). Windows is not recommended.

Quick Installation Instructions:

The easiest way to install windse is to run:

sh install.sh <enviroment_name>

Then the enviroment can be activated using:

conda activate <enviroment_name>

Quick Demo Instructions:

Activate the conda environment using:

conda activate <enviroment_name>

Then to run a simple demo, navigate to <windse root>/demos/documented/Yaml_Examples/ and run:

windse run 0-wind_farm_2D.yaml

The output of this simulation will be located in the output/2_5D_Wind_Farm/ folder. Use Paraview to visualize the results in the solutions/ folder. To learn what parameter can be set in the yaml file, head to the Parameter Documentation.