#+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;
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).

#+CAPTION: Program Flow Sequence
#+NAME:   fig:sequence-program
[[./doc/sequence_program.png]]

* 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