Aerodynamic Tools
MachUpX
Fast Aerodynamic Analysis of Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Implementation of the Goates-Hunsaker general numerical lifting-line method
Capable of dimensional and non-dimensional analysis
Easily generate and analyze wings with complex twist, sweep, and dihedral
Viscous airfoil modeling
STL, STEP, IGES, and VTK geometry creation
Used by researchers for analyzing bird wing aerodynamics (story here)
MachLine
Multi-order Approach to Calculating High-speed Linear Aerodynamics
Unstructured incompressible, compressible subsonic, and supersonic panel method.
Lightning-fast Fortran implementation.
Straightforward user interface.
SLT, VTK, and TRI mesh handling.
Built for data visualization using ParaView.
PyPan
Versatile Panel Solver
Intuitive Python Scripting
Accepts STL, VTK, and .tri mesh geometries
Versatile wake modeling capabilities
Built for data visualization using ParaView
MachUp 5
Numerical Lifting-Line
Web-Based GUI
Dimensional
Python Backend
Propeller Aerodynamics
MachUp 4
Numerical Lifting-Line
Web-Based GUI
Nondimensional
Fortran Backend (very fast)
No Propeller Aerodynamics
MachUp 6
Numerical Lifting-Line
Web-Based GUI
Nondimensional
Fortran Backend (very fast)
Inertia and mass properties automatically computed