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DLR-AE / PanelAero

An Implementation of the Vortex Lattice (VLM) and the Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) for aeroelasticity.
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Request to add spanwise loading and chord wise loading output based on ID #27

Closed Preethamkadambi closed 2 months ago

Preethamkadambi commented 2 months ago

As the title suggests,

  1. Is there a way to export spanwise aero-loading and chord wise loading? I wanted to compare Schrenks method, ANC-1 and ANC-2 results with DVLM and VLM results. 2.Is it possible to define control surfaces and their deflections?
ArneVoss commented 2 months ago

Hello Preetham, both the VLM and the DLM produce a so-called AIC matrix, which can be used to calculate the pressure distribution cp based on the downwash wj per panel: cp = AIC * wj The rest is up to you - if you are interested in a span- or chord-wise pressure distribution, I propose to integrate over the panels in the desired direction. Control surface deflections are modeled by an additional downwash on the corresponding aerodynamic panels. Does this help you?