pykitemodels v0.6.5

pykitemodels v0.6.5

Changed

• bump KiteUtils to 0.7.7
• major change to the function that finds the initial equilibrium; the function init_sim! has the new
  parameter delta which should be in the range of 0.01 to 0.03.
• better error message if init_sim!, but no exception any more. I just returns nothing.
• remove dependency StatProfilerHTML

Added

• add KCU drag, based on kcu_diameter and cd_kcu
• add function bridle_length (not exported)
• unit tests for the KPS3_3L model, based on ModelingToolkit

Fixed

• correct tether drag based on l_bridle; if the kite has more than 7 bridle lines l_bridle must be larger than bridle_length(se)

v0.6.1 of pykitemodels

Kite power system models for Python. This software is based on the Julia packages KiteModels.jl, KitePodModels.jl, WinchModels.jl and AtmosphericModels.jl. It is easy to use:

• use the function init() to initialize the system
• use the function step() to simulate the next time step

To configure the simulation, the file settings.yaml can be used, but the parameters can also be modified using a Python dictionary.

An installation program, bin/install is provided. Currently the SW is tested only on Linux, but it should be easy to adapt to other operating systems.