Aircraft Intuitive Design (AID)
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By interfacing user-friendly aircraft modeling with rapid aerodynamic analysis, this program visually depicts how various design parameters affect the way an airplane flies. A video demonstrating some of the code's capabilities can be found on the MathWorks website at https://www.mathworks.com/videos/matlab-and-simulink-robotics-arena-building-interactive-design-tools-1509569729395.html.
In addition to built-in, linearized stability approximations that are updated every time the aircraft model is adjusted, the program interfaces with the following software for more advanced analysis:
• Digital DATCOM – U.S. Air Force
• Tornado Vortex Lattice Method – Tomas Melin (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
• AVL (Athena Vortex Lattice Method) – Mark Drela and Harold Youngren (MIT)
This program also gains added functionality from the following open source software:
• DATCOM Plot Interpolation Functions – Prof. Glenn Greiner and Lenny Gartenberg (ERAU, Daytona Beach, FL)
• AVL Input/Output Functions – Joseph Moster (Mathworks File Exchange)
• Datcomimport – MathWorks Aerospace Toolbox – loads DATCOM "for006.dat" file
• NACA456 – Ralph Carmichael (PDAS) – calculates NACA 6-series airfoil ordinates
Please refer to the documentation for information regarding how to use the program (Help > User's Manual)
Cite As
Zak Lietzau (2021). Aircraft Intuitive Design (AID) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/66770-aircraft-intuitive-design-aid), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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I am using the on line version of matlab, i download the app,but cant open it, how can be done?
Found another issue running in linux. There's no compiled datcom file to run , so no output file is produced. I'll try to modify the code and include a compiled executable file to run datcom. But I believe the source code of the original datcom was modified to write output files differently. If DATCOM's source was changed, where can I find it, to compile it for Linux? thanks!
Nevermind, I found the solution. CASEID must be written in the first line of the .dat DATCOM input file, this is not required for the "traditional" datcom .inp input file.
Hello Zak,
What can be the reason that I can't use ' fuselage design ' on my PC? There opens a white page only!
尝试将 SCRIPT alpha 作为函数执行:
D:\MATLAB\bin\alpha.m
出错 Profile_Sketcher (line 211)
alpha(0.2)
出错 Initialize_GUI>Release (line 2353)
Profile_Sketcher(0,0,'Fuselage',unit)
计算 Figure WindowButtonUpFcn 时出错
Is this because of the lack of any toolboxes?
can I have Matlab code, please??
Hi Zak,
Running this in R2020B I received an error when trying to select the wing on the Cessna 172. I could select the body, but any other component generated an error. I don't know if this is an issue with the Cessna 172 example (I did not try other examples) or an issue running in R2020B.
黑鸟啊 牛逼啊 怎么加不上啊？
Great APP! Thanks!
没话说 论文减少一大半工作量 牛逼
牛批啊
sweet
Does anybody know how I would model an airplane with two tails similar to the P-38?
Can anyone help me on why I am not able to load the saved file? When ever I try to load it says "Interpolation requires at least two sample points in each dimension." and it also gives me error in evaluating menu call back. Is there anyway that some one can help me on this.
Thank you
fie xie
15 Feb 2019
没有回复中文的？？？
谁说没有？有啊
great
Hi Thomas, I am not encountering any errors at all. I think you simply need to install the toolboxes mentioned before continuing. This is a great addon.
Hi Thomas, I am not encountering any errors at all. I think you simply need to install the toolboxes mentioned before continuing. This is a great addon.
有呀
I am also getting the "range" error, which states I need the Machine Learning Toolbox or Antenna Toolbox.
Any fix for this?
没有回复中文的？？？
Is there a way to import bodies such as an airfoil or pre-designed fuselage?
This is a great piece of code! Is it for real? ;-) Keep up the good work.
I just can't get this to work under 2018b. Loads of Ui callback errors. No fuselage Is this a free-standing app or is there something else that I need? Can't seen to get the appropriate "range.m".
Greatful for any help.
Keep on the good work , please check http://airloads.net/Airloads3.html