Dear Jason,
I report here my problem because despite using the right mass matrix my model does not work.
I noticed that in the case of offshore turbines the two predominant forcings are the loads at the base of the turbine tower and the moorings (which must compensate for the tower loads).
In my model the loads at the base and the moorings add up (with those relating to hydrodynamics, restorings, etc. which are smaller) and, divided by the mass matrix, give the accelerations, from which I get the positions to feedback and obtain the loads of the mooring (via Map ++).
The problem is that Fx and My of the tower start with a step, which if too large leads the moorings to diverge rather than converge and compensate for these loads. To demonstrate this, I tried to manually enter the average value of the forces at the base of the turbine tower, and as can be seen in Figure 1, beyond a certain value of Fx the mooring diverges (at 2 * 10 ^ 5 N converges, while at 3 * 10 ^ 5 N diverges).
I asked you about the off-diagonal moments because I noticed that it is not so much the x position that makes Fx_moor diverge, but rather ry which is much higher than the value obtained with FAST.
By setting an increasing trend instead of a step (Figure 2) it is possible to reach higher values of Fx (up to 10 ^ 6, a value higher than the Fx_tower values of the tests carried out), however this would mean making up the first instants of Fx at the base of the turbine.
How does FAST prevent this problem?
Thanks for the reply, best regards.
Lorenzo.