2026-04-29

OpenFAST-Abaqus Coupled Workflow for Blade Crack Analysis

A short placeholder note for documenting the simulation workflow from OpenFAST loads to Abaqus crack analysis.

This note is a placeholder for recording the OpenFAST-Abaqus coupled workflow used in blade crack analysis.

Potential sections:

1. Selection of blade segment boundaries;
2. Extraction of sectional loads from OpenFAST;
3. Construction of Abaqus boundary conditions;
4. Crack state definition and visualization;
5. Equivalent stiffness update and feedback to BeamDyn;
6. Damage-index construction and regression modeling.