Simplify Your OpenFAST Simulations with Inductiva

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Dear OpenFAST community,

If you need to run large batches of OpenFAST simulations (e.g., parametric or design studies), you may find Inductiva useful.

Inductiva provides cloud-based, high-performance infrastructure with no queues and minimal setup, designed for scientific and engineering simulations.

Running simulations is as simple as executing a short Python script that points to your input directory and runs OpenFAST on the cloud, as shown in the example below:

"""OpenFAST example."""
import inductiva

# Allocate Google cloud machine
cloud_machine = inductiva.resources.MachineGroup( \
    provider="GCP",
    machine_type="c4-highcpu-4")

# Initialize the Simulator
openfast = inductiva.simulators.OpenFAST()

# Specify the OpenFAST commands you want to run, separated by commas
# Example using the 'openfast' command
openfast_commands = ["openfast my_file.fst"]

# Run simulation
task = openfast.run( \
    input_dir="/path/to/my/openfast/files",
    commands=openfast_commands,
    on=cloud_machine)

# Wait for the simulation to finish and download the results
task.wait()
cloud_machine.terminate()

task.download_outputs()

Inductiva currently supports OpenFAST versions 3.5.2, 4.0.2, 4.0.3 and 4.1.0.

You can give it a try for free with your own OpenFAST case or reproduce one of our tutorials. 🚀