Spar Design Methodology
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For details of the code implementation, please see
:doc:`Spar Design API <api_SparDesign>`.

Overview
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The spar design module in ORBIT is based on previous modeling efforts
undertaken by NREL, [#maness2017]_. The technical documentation for
this tool can be found `here <https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/66874.pdf>_`.

References
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.. [#maness2017] Michael Maness, Benjamin Maples, Aaron Smith,
    NREL Offshore Balance-of-System Model, 2017