AeroDemonstrator Documentation

AeroDemonstrator is a collection of aerodynamic demonstration projects showcasing the aerodynamic features of airfoils, finite wings, and complete aircraft configurations.

The project provides:

• Jupyter notebooks covering airfoil aerodynamics, finite wing theory, wing–fuselage configurations, and full aircraft with control surfaces

• Python utility classes for NACA airfoil generation, Vortex Lattice Method, and OpenVSP integration

• OpenVSP integration for 3D parametric geometry and VSPAero analysis

Getting Started

• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Quick Start (conda)
  • Quick Start (pip)
  • OpenVSP Installation
  • Building the Documentation

Notebooks

• Notebooks
  • Airfoil Geometry and Aerodynamics
  • Finite wing aerodynamics
  • Wing–Fuselage Configuration with OpenVSP
  • Full Aircraft Configuration with Control Surfaces

API Reference

• API Reference
  • NACA Airfoil Module
    • NACAFourDigit
    • NACAFiveDigit
  • Vortex Lattice Method Module
    • WingGeometry
    • VortexLatticeMethod
  • OpenVSP Utilities Module
    • Installation
    • check_openvsp()
    • init_vsp()
    • add_wing()
    • add_fuselage()
    • add_horizontal_tail()
    • add_vertical_tail()
    • run_vspaero()
    • save_vsp3_file()
    • load_vsp3_file()
  • Module Overview

Project Overview

The code examples are organized by complexity level:

Level	Notebook	Topics
Beginner	01_airfoil	NACA airfoil geometry, thin-airfoil theory, CL vs. alpha
Intermediate	02_finite_wing	Vortex lattice method, induced drag, span loading, aspect ratio effects
Intermediate	03_wing_fuselage	OpenVSP geometry, wing–fuselage aerodynamics, VSPAero VLM
Advanced	04_complete_aircraft	Full aircraft with tails, control surfaces, stability & control

Indices and Tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page