cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "<p>MegAWES is a Matlab/Simulink model of an airborne wind enrgy (AWE) system based on a tethered rigid wing that is operated in pumping cycles producing multiple megawatt of electricity. The framework is a further development of the graduation project of Dylan Eijkelhof which was jointly supervised by TU Delft, ETH Zurich and DTU. The ultimate purpose is to provide a reference model of a megawatt-range AWE system and a computational framework to simulate its operation. The simulink framework includes the following model components:</p><ul><li>Pre-calculated look-up tables for aircraft's aerodynamic behaviour.</li><li>Segmented tether with a single attachment point at the kite's centre of gravity.</li><li>Choice between 3DoF point-mass and 6DoF rigid-body dynamic solver.</li><li>Aircraft controller for power generation flight controls and path tracking.</li><li>Set-force controlled dynamic winch.</li></ul>"
authors:
  - family-names: Eijkelhof
    given-names: Dylan
title: "[MegAWES] Matlab/Simulink model underlying the publication: Six Degrees-of-Freedom Simulation Model for Multi-Megawatt Airborne Wind Energy Systems"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/17311523.v1
license: Apache-2.0
date-released: 2024-01-25