docs: Updated docs for OpenFAST/openfast#2597

docs/inputs.rst

@@ -569,6 +569,31 @@ to run the .mdl file are available in the OpenFAST GitHub repo under `glue-codes
 to show how to pass in values. A .dll OpenFAST shared library file and .mex OpenFAST S function file need to be in 
 the same directory the controller is being run from.
 
+External Loads (MoorDyn-F only)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This section (optional) allows users to specify external forces (constant) and translational linear and quadratic 
+damping coefficients to MoorDyn point, rod, and body objects.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  ---------------------- EXTERNAL LOADS --------------------------------
+  ID    Object          Fext             Blin          Bquad         CSys
+  (#)   (name)           (N)            (Ns/m)       (Ns^2/m^2)      (-)
+  1    Body1        0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0|0.0      G
+  2    Body1        0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0|0.0      L
+  3    Point1       0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0|0.0      -
+  4    Rod1         0.0|0.0|0.0     0.0|0.0         0.0|0.0          -
+
+For bodies, the force and damping are applied at the 
+body reference point in the global earth-fixed coordinate system if CSys is G for global or in the local body-fixed 
+coordinate system if CSys is L for local. CSys can only be G or L for bodies. For points, the force and damping are 
+applied at the point location in the global earth-fixed coordinate system always. CSys should be -. Otherwise, a 
+warning message with explanation will be shown. For rods, the force is applied at the rod end A in the earth-fixed 
+coordinate system always. Only two linear and two quadratic damping coefficients can be specified for rods. The first 
+one is for the transverse direction, and the second one is for the axial/tangential direction. The damping force is 
+always evaluated in the body-fixed system. CSys should be -. Otherwise, a warning message with explanation will be shown. 
+
 Options
 ^^^^^^^
 

docs/references.rst

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Version 1
 The v1 lumped-mass formulation of MoorDyn as well as its validation against experiments:
 
   `M. Hall and A. Goupee, “Validation of a lumped-mass mooring line model with DeepCwind semisubmersible model test data,” 
-  Ocean Engineering, vol. 104, pp. 590–603, Aug. 2015.' <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801815002279>`_
+  Ocean Engineering, vol. 104, pp. 590–603, Aug. 2015. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801815002279>`_
 
 Coupling with WEC-Sim or any Simulink code for wave energy converter simulation:
 
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ Viscoelastic approach for non-linear rope behavior:
   `Hall, Matthew, Brian Duong, and Ericka Lozon, “Streamlined Loads Analysis of Floating Wind Turbines With Fiber Rope Mooring Lines.” In ASME 2023 
   5th International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, V001T01A029. Exeter, UK: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023. <https://doi.org/10.1115/IOWTC2023-119524>`_
 
+Updated MoorDyn-OpenFOAM Coupling:
+  `Haifei Chen, Tanausú Almeida Medina, and Jose Luis Cercos-Pita, "CFD simulation of multiple moored floating structures using OpenFOAM: An open-access mooring restraints 
+  library." Ocean Engineering, vol. 303, Jul. 2024. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117697>`_`
+
+
 The Fortran version of MoorDyn is available as a module inside of OpenFAST:
 
   https://openfast.readthedocs.io/en/main/

docs/troubleshooting.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ lines. The highest axial vibration mode of the lumped-mass cable representation
 be when adjacent nodes oscillate out of phase with each other, as depicted below.
 
 In this mode, the midpoint of each segment would not move.  The motion of each node can
-then be characterized by mass-spring-damper values of
+then be characterized by mass-spring-damper values of (where *w* is mass per length):
 
 .. math::