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Simulation of High Aspect Ratio aeroplanes and wind turbines in Python: a nonlinear aeroelastic code

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Vortex wake managed by SHARPy

ArturoMS13 opened this issue · comments

Previously, UVLM defined the initial shape of the wake. Now it is managed by SHARPy. Consequently it is easier to define a wake shape closer to reality to make convergence faster.

It is done through generators in the "AerogridLoader" solver. Check the new variables:

  • wake_shape_generator
  • wake_shake_generator_input

Right now, it is intended to be backwards compatible. However, this backwards compatibility will be removed in the future for code simplicity. Get used to describe wake shapes. Check the test cases for further information.

It requires the updating of UVLM.