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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ #+TITLE: Aircraft Studio #+AUTHOR: Marius Peter +#+EMAIL: mpeter@ucla.edu This program enables the creation of NACA airfoils; the analysis of the airfoil's structural properties; @@ -7,3 +8,26 @@ the optimization via genetic algorithm of a population of airfoils; With the final objective of designing a lightweight FAR 23 compliant airfoil. I adapted it from my own code for the UCLA MAE 154B final project (Spring 2019). + +* Program Structure + +** =creator.py= + This module enables the creation of discrete aircraft components. + +** =evaluator.py= + +** =generator.py= + The =generator= module contains classes describing aircrafts comprised + of sufficient =creator= components that they can be fed to the =evaluator= + for useful analysis. + +* Program Flow + + 1. Create an =evaluator= object + 2. Populate the =evaluator= with aircrafts by either: + 1. Using =generator= methods to create an aircraft from a template + 2. Using =creator= to manually describe all aircraft components + 3. Use =evaluator= methods to: + 1. Calculate relevant aircraft properties + 2. Set desired optimization parameter(s) + 3. Execute the genetic algoritm and return an optimized aircraft |