Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features

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Title: Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features

Author:

Grasberger, J.; Shabara, M.; Keester, A.; Ruehl, K.; Forbush, D.; Husain, S.; Leon, J.; Ogden, D.; Davies, R.

Publication Date:

September 16, 2025

Journal:

International Marine Energy Journal

Volume:

Issue:

Event Name:

10th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE 2024)

Event Location:

Melbourne, Australia

Pages:

259

Publisher:

European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC)

Affiliation:

Sandia National Laboratories

Technology:

Wave

Collection Method:

Modeling

Engineering:

Hydrodynamics, Mooring

Signature Project:

MoorDyn, WEC-Sim

Language:

English

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Grasberger, J., Mohamed Shabara, Adam Keester, Kelley Ruehl, Dominic Forbush, Salman Husain, Jorge Leon, David Ogden, & Ryan Davies. (2025). Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features. International Marine Energy Journal, 8(3), 259–263. https://doi.org/10.36688/imej.8.259-263

@article{Grasberger-2025-24359,
author = {Grasberger, J and Shabara, M and Keester, A and Ruehl, K and Forbush, D and Husain, S and Leon, J and Ogden, D and Davies, R},
title = {Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features},
journal = {International Marine Energy Journal},
year = {2025},
month = {sep},
publisher = {European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC)},
volume = {8},
number = {3},
pages = {259},
doi = {10.36688/imej.8.259-263},
url = {https://marineenergyjournal.org/imej/article/view/246},
keywords = {Wave, Modeling, Hydrodynamics, Mooring},
}

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TY - JOUR
TI - Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features
AU - Grasberger, J
AU - Shabara, M
AU - Keester, A
AU - Ruehl, K
AU - Forbush, D
AU - Husain, S
AU - Leon, J
AU - Ogden, D
AU - Davies, R
T2 - International Marine Energy Journal
AB - WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open-source software for modeling the motions, loads and power generation of wave energy converters. WEC-Sim performs simulations in the time domain using hydrodynamic coefficients calculated by boundary element method (BEM) frequency-domain potential flow solvers such as WAMIT, NEMOH, Capytaine, or Ansys AQWA. WEC-Sim development is ongoing, including various features, applications, and example cases used to demonstrate potential use-cases to meet the needs of the growing marine energy industry. Through input from a broad user base and an extensive team of developers and collaborators, new features of WEC-Sim are developed to expand the software’s use cases and improve overall functionality. Three new WEC-Sim features highlighted in this paper include updating WEC-Sim to be compatible with MoorDyn Version 2, incorporation of second order excitation loads (quadratic transfer functions) and allowing for dynamically changing hydrodynamics.
DA - 2025/09//
PY - 2025
PB - European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC)
VL - 8
IS - 3
SP - 259
UR - https://marineenergyjournal.org/imej/article/view/246
DO - 10.36688/imej.8.259-263
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Modeling
KW - Hydrodynamics
KW - Mooring
ER -

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Abstract

WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open-source software for modeling the motions, loads and power generation of wave energy converters. WEC-Sim performs simulations in the time domain using hydrodynamic coefficients calculated by boundary element method (BEM) frequency-domain potential flow solvers such as WAMIT, NEMOH, Capytaine, or Ansys AQWA. WEC-Sim development is ongoing, including various features, applications, and example cases used to demonstrate potential use-cases to meet the needs of the growing marine energy industry. Through input from a broad user base and an extensive team of developers and collaborators, new features of WEC-Sim are developed to expand the software’s use cases and improve overall functionality. Three new WEC-Sim features highlighted in this paper include updating WEC-Sim to be compatible with MoorDyn Version 2, incorporation of second order excitation loads (quadratic transfer functions) and allowing for dynamically changing hydrodynamics.