QBlade Community Edition
QBlade (originally TU Berlin, Hermann-Föttinger-Institut)
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A program for designing and simulating wind turbines, born as a research project at TU Berlin and developed for more than 15 years. It designs airfoils and blades and runs a coupled simulation of the aerodynamics, the control system, the hydrodynamics (for floating offshore turbines) and the structural flexibility of the blades and tower. It is cited in thousands of academic papers. The Community Edition (CE) runs at about real-time speed; the paid Enterprise Edition is faster and adds features.
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| Licence type | Free for Eligible Users Only |
|---|---|
| Licence terms | Restricted licence: the Community Edition (QBlade-CE) is free for non-commercial use only — research, study and hobby — under the Academic Public License. Any commercial use requires buying the paid Enterprise Edition. Read the licence terms on the official site before use. |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows |
| Engineering field | Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical Engineering |
| Tool type | Computational Fluid Dynamics, Simulation & FEA |
| Vendor site | qblade.org |
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Last verified: 2026-09-30
