AlexandreRouma / aero0014_bemt

BEMT Implementation for the AERO0014 Aerospace Propulsion course

BEMT Simulator Implementation

This software was written for the BEMT project of the AERO0014 Aerospace Propulsion class at the University of Liège.

How to Install

Step 1: Create a Virtual Environement

python -m venv .venv

Step 2: Activate the Virtual Environment

On windows

.venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1

On unix (Linux, BSD and MacOS)

source .venv/bin/activate

Step 3: Install dependencies

pip install -r ./requirements.txt

How to Run

python ./main.py

Viewing Results

The software creates the output directory to write out every plot. Non-plot results are printed directly to the terminal along with the progress.

Source Structure

The structure of the code is as follows

• airfoils contains for the data for the airfoils to be used in simulation. At the moment, only the Clark-Y airfoil is provided
• bemt is the main python module responsible for implementing the BEMT method
• experimental_data contains data extracted from the NACA experiments from Biermann et al.
• questions contains the code used to generate the answer to each question of the statement.
• statement contains values given in the project statement
• utils contains various utility files
• main.py creates the output directory if it doesn't exist and calls every question code.

Acknowledgements

The API of this BEMT library was inspired by the Rotare project by Thomas Lamber.

Copyright(c) 2024 Alexandre Rouma