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[Feature request] Changing operational depth of a device #1201

@TheWaveMaster

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@TheWaveMaster

Hi all,
First of all, I want to thank the team behind wecSim for your amazing work!
I work for a wave energy developer, and just finalized a wecSim model for our device which we will heavily rely on in the final optimizations before we build and deploy soon!!

The amount of features that I was able to add because of wecSim are ridiculous, and the model is showing excellent matching against wave tank data! Big thanks and please keep up the good work!

As for the theory implementation I want to discuss and would like to hear a few opinions.
I want to simulate a device which changes its operational submergence depth in sim (gives you a clue to which company I work for). I was wondering if you guys have any idea regarding this. Obviously, it's not possible to change the hydrodatabase in sim (I can't even begin to imagine what will happen to the math of the model lol). Perhaps with the nonlinear hydros, the issue will be entities like the added mass and the radiation damping as basically the device goes from operating submerged to floating at the surface. Wondering what you guys think.

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