Bladed Knowledge Centre Downloads Current products
The latest release of each currently-supported product is listed below.
DOWNLOADING INSTALLERS
A Veracity account and a Bladed support agreement are required to download installers - click here for further help.
ADMIN RIGHTS
Run all Windows installers using the Run as administrator option. Run all Linux installers using sudo.
KNOWN ISSUES LOG
Click here for details about known issues, bug fixes and new features in different versions of Bladed.
Bladed 4.17
Version: 4.17.1Date: 27 Feb 2025Support type: Release Notes
| Installer | File size | Installation guide |
|---|---|---|
| Windows (32-bit) | 927 MB | View |
| Linux (64-bit) | 172 MB | View |
In this release of the Bladed software product turbine designers can:
- Benefit from Vortex Wake aerodynamics to reduce fatigue loads, and
- Understand turbine behaviour more quickly with Campbell diagram usability upgrades including animation of mode shapes.
Floating platform designers can accurately model hydrodynamics during large yaw motion.
Other Features
Users will also find several minor improvements available in this version:
- To help learn and get started more quickly a new fixed-offshore jacket demonstration model is provided and the user manual pdf transfer to online system has been completed.
- To help minimise errors defining calculation inputs the blade user input definitions have been revised and a new mode naming algorithm developed.
- The following minor features are introduced in this version:
- In-plane principal shear axes orientation for blades
- Time synchronisation of wave train and platform kinematics for the structural analysis of floating wind turbine platforms
- Advanced pitch actuator linearisation
Bladed 4.17 is an "STS support" version of Bladed. This means that it will receive bug fixes until the release of Bladed 4.18. Learn more about our Bladed support policy here.
Bladed 4.16
Version: 4.16.4Date: 26 Mar 2025Support type: Release Notes
| Installer | File size | Installation guide |
|---|---|---|
| Windows (32-bit) | 935 MB | View |
| Linux (64-bit) | 171 MB | View |
Bladed 4.16 introduces new features to support design and analysis of very large turbines. Support for floating turbines on Linux is added, alongside other minor changes.
Example converter tool for blade 6x6 matrices to Bladed format
Bladed 4.16 includes a Python code example for converting blade definitions using cross-sectional 6x6 stiffness and mass matrices to Bladed format input. This allows for property definition at any reference location including cross-coupling terms. Click here to read the online documentation.
New reference turbine model IEA-22-280-RWT
The IEA Wind Task 55 released a 22MW reference turbine, IEA-22-280-RWT, in January 2024. The Bladed model of this turbine is available with Bladed 4.16 along with a verification report.
Generation of larger wind turbulence box and improvement to Mann model accuracy
To accommodate a larger rotor plane and tower without compromising resolution, the "windnd" application has been upgraded to a 64-bit version. This permits larger wind turbulence boxes for dynamic simulation, overcoming the previous limitation of a 50 x 50 grid. Additionally, the 64-bit version accommodates up to 128 FFT points for the Mann model, enhancing the precision of the velocity spectra and its coherence with the theoretical model.
Example co-simulation link between Bladed and OrcaFlex (from Bladed 4.16.1)
This link enables a co-simulation of the RNA and tower in Bladed and the platform and moorings in OrcaFlex. The link is intended to help different design stakeholders to collaborate by using a unified coupled analysis model in their floating wind project. Click here to read the online documentation.
Floating simulations can be run on Linux
The Linux version of Bladed 4.16 now supports calculations for floating models. Floating time domain simulations can be time-consuming, so using Linux on cloud computing can be a cost-effective solution.
Webinar
Watch our webinar to learn more about large turbine modelling improvements in Bladed 4.16.
IMPORTANT!
A new version of the Sentinel license manager runtime is included with Bladed 4.16, which must be installed on all client and license server machines.
- WINDOWS: See Section 2.3.4 in the release notes for further details.
- LINUX: See the Installation Guide above for instructions to install the required package on a client machine. Click here for instructions for installing the required package on a license server.
Bladed 4.14
Version: 4.14.0.6Date: 20 Nov 2024Support type: Release Notes
| Installer | File size | Installation guide |
|---|---|---|
| Windows (32-bit) | 757 MB | View |
| Linux (64-bit) | 75 MB | View |
Bladed 4.14 provides users with new aerodynamic and hydrodynamic models for more accurate modelling of large blade stability and floating turbines, alongside several other small improvements.
Improved modelling of aerodynamic deep stall
Stall behaviour is key for determining aerodynamic damping when evaluating blade stability, for example in standstill load cases. An improved dynamic stall model named “IAG dynamic stall model” has been developed, with improved accuracy for stall hysteresis in deep stall. Full model validation details can be found in this recent paper.
Second order hydrodynamic loading for floating turbines
For floating wind turbines, second order hydrodynamic loading can have important implications for the platform mean position, tower base loads and mooring design. It is now possible to include the calculation of second order hydrodynamic loads in steady and time domain calculations using quadratic transfer function data computed by flow solvers such as WADAM, WAMIT and AQWA.
Other minor features
A pitch schedule for initial conditions has been added, and a new blade User Axis load system is available.
Webinar
Watch our webinar to learn more about the new features and improvements in Bladed 4.14.