AeroDyn Users Guide and Theory Manual
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This document offers a quick reference guide for the AeroDyn software
program. It is intended to be used by the general user in combination
with other OpenFAST manuals. The manual will be updated as new releases are
issued and as needed to provide further information on advancements or
modifications to the software. For reference, additional materials
such as presentation slides, development plans, and publications
can be downladed from the list below.

- :download:`Development and Validation of a New Blade Element Momentum Skewed-Wake Model within AeroDyn <https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/63217.pdf>`
- :download:`The Unsteady Aerodynamics Module for FAST 8 <https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/66347.pdf>`
- :download:`Added-Mass Effects on a Horizontal-Axis Tidal Turbine Using FAST v8 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.04.023>`
- :download:`Predicting Cavitation on Marine and Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades with AeroDyn V15.04 <https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/68398.pdf>`
- :download:`Development Plan for the Aerodynamic Linearization of OpenFAST <../../../OtherSupporting/AeroDyn/AeroLin_2019-12.pdf>`
- :download:`AeroDyn Meshes and Related Calculations <../../../OtherSupporting/AeroDyn/AeroDynMesh_Rev4.docx>`
- :download:`Calculation of Buoyancy on a Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine in AeroDyn <../../../OtherSupporting/AeroDyn/Buoyancy_Implementation_Plan_Rev11.docx>`

.. - :download:` <AeroDyn_Plan_TCF_AddedMass_Force.docx*>`

The documentation here was derived from AeroDyn Manual for AeroDyn version 15.04 by J.\ Jonkman et al.

   
.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   
   introduction.rst
   coordsys.rst
   input.rst
   output.rst
   modeling.rst
   driver.rst
   theory.rst
   theory_ua.rst
   theory_tailfin.rst
   zrefs.rst
   appendix.rst