Print Email Facebook Twitter A constraint-free flight simulator package for airborne wind energy systems Title A constraint-free flight simulator package for airborne wind energy systems Author Sanchez Arriaga, G. (Carlos III University of Madrid) Pastor-Rodriguez, A. (Carlos III University of Madrid) Borobia-Moreno, R. (Carlos III University of Madrid; Spanish National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA)) Schmehl, R. (TU Delft Wind Energy) Date 2018-06-19 Abstract The LAgrangian Kite SimulAtor (LAKSA) is a freely available software for the dynamic analysis of tethered flying vehicles, such as kites and fixed-wing drones, applied to airborne wind energy generation. This software comprises four simulators. The one, two and four-line simulators, which consider flexible but inelastic tethers, are based on minimal coordinate Lagragian formulations and can be used for the analysis of fly and ground generation systems, kite-based traction systems, and kitesurfing applications, respectively. The configuration of the mechanical system in the fourth simulator can be defined by the user, who can select the number of flying vehicles and the properties of the elastic and flexible tethers linking them. In all the software tools, the kites or tethered fixed-wing drones are represented as rigid bodies and the dynamic equations of the tether-bridle-vehicle systems, together with the user-defined and time-dependent control variables, are solved self-consistently. Academic and research analysis can take advantage of the modularity of the simulators and their inputs and outputs interfaces, which follow a common and user-friendly architecture. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f18d2b5c-916c-4554-ab76-5cff872fbf4d DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1037/6/062018 ISSN 1742-6588 Source Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1037 (6) Event TORQUE 2018, 2018-06-20 → 2018-06-22, Milano, Italy Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 G. Sanchez Arriaga, A. Pastor-Rodriguez, R. Borobia-Moreno, R. Schmehl Files PDF pdf.pdf 1.09 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f18d2b5c-916c-4554-ab76-5cff872fbf4d/datastream/OBJ/view