Documentation clarifications

[Cardoza2]

I noticed 2 things that you might want to clarify, not a big deal, but thought I'd say something:

1. In the OutListParameters.xlsx file on the docs website, under BeamDyn Nodes, there are several outputs that all say "Sectional angular/rotational velocities (absolute)", when they switch over to translational and rotational accelerations.

2. I don't know if I missed it in the documentation/if I'm reading the outputs incorrectly, but on the BeamDyn primary file, where you put your nodal outputs, if you you include the variable "BldNd_BlOutNd" underneath "BldNd_BladesOut", the nodal outputs are output at the FE nodes instead of the stations. If you don't include that variable (leave it blank or put some other variable there (unused variable I assume)), you get the outputs at the stations.

[Cardoza2]

Also, I don't know if this is the best way to provide this kind of feedback, or if you'd like it with any particular label, or by another channel. Let me know if/how you'd like this type of feedback.

[andrew-platt]

@Cardoza2,

Thanks for posting! This is a good place for these comments.

I'm not entirely sure I follow your description on the outputs. Could you add a sample of that part of the input file? Also, are you using gaussian or trapezoidal quadrature?

[Cardoza2]

Sure thing! The following will return the translational deflections at the stations (actually, it looks like in the *.BDA1.sum.yaml file it would be the key points, but I have the key points and blade stations defined at the same points.).

---------------------- NODE OUTPUTS --------------------------------------------
          1   BldNd_BladesOut  - Blades to output
         99   - Blade nodes on each blade (currently unused)
"TDxr, TDyr, TDzr"                        OutList             - The next line(s) contains  list    of output parameters.  See s for a listing of available output channels, (-)

The following will return the translational deflections at the FE nodes:

---------------------- NODE OUTPUTS --------------------------------------------
          1     BldNd_BladesOut  - Blades to output
         99     BldNd_BlOutNd - Blade nodes on each blade (currently unused)
"TDxr, TDyr, TDzr"                        OutList             - The next line(s) contains  list    of output parameters.  See s for a listing of available output channels, (-)

I believe that I was using trapezoidal quadrature at the time I discovered it. I am currently using trapezoidal.

I discovered this behavior when automating some reading and writing of files and I thought I had encountered a typo in the example file.