HydroChrono v0.2.1 - expansion of wave generation features

This minor release adds some features for wave generation before the upcoming switch to Chrono 9.0.0.

What's Included:

Additional wave generation features include: creation of spectrum without .h5 file, wave stretching, fluid velocity and acceleration calculations, refactoring to unify API of regular and irregular waves, etc. See related PR notes #58 for details.

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

HydroChrono v0.2.0 - 1.6x speed up, new docs, improved irregular waves

This 2nd release covers some important improvments to HydroChrono's hydrodynamic capabilities, a 1.6x speed up and a new website.

What's Included:

• Improvements to convolution integral demonstrate 1.6x speed-up: PR #50
• Overhauled documentation: https://nrel.github.io/HydroChrono/
• Several improvements made to irregular waves in PR #54 , including:
  • Bugfix for excitation force convolution integral
  • New test for irregular waves
  • Added JONSWAP spectrum (in addition to Pierson-Moskowitz)
  • Improved UI for specifying irregular wave parameters

What's Next:

The next major goal is to prepare distributable binaries for future releases (currently being developed in PR #51) and associated Python wrapper for improved user friendliness.

HydroChrono v0.1.0 - Core Hydrodynamic Capabilities

This initial release covers HydroChrono's core hydrodynamic capabilities, which have now been developed and verified - providing a foundation for further enhancements.

What's Included:

• Main Hydrodynamic Calculations: The core hydrodynamic force computations are ready and functioning reliably.

What's Next:

While this release represents a major step forward, there's still more work ahead. We plan to:

• Continue refining and optimizing the existing calculations.
• Address any minor issues and further enhance robustness.
• Prepare distributable binaries for future releases (currently being developed in PR #51).