Nablafoil
A tool for the real-time airfoil aerodynamic performance prediction.
OVERVIEW
NablaFoil represents a new, innovative approach for the design of airfoils. Through an interactive, real-time mode the user can adapt, by hand, the shape of the airfoil and check in real-time its performance. A neural network runs in background in order to extrapolate the results from a huge database of airfoils. The main features are:
Parametrization Techniques
The parametrization techniques, using the most advanced mathematic representations, make possible to reproduce all the most common airfoils and to generate new, innovative, shapes. The discretization methods include:
Neural Network
The aerodynamic prediction technique of NablaFoil is based on a Neural Network.
The result of the procedure is a complex mathematical function, capable of instantaneously predict the polars of an airfoil from the coordinates of its control points.
NablaFoil GUI
The NablaFoil Graphical User Interface shows an interactive draw-mode environment (on the right) linked to two dependent plots of the airfoil polars (on the left). Furthermore, some commands allows to:
Real-time Shape Modification
The hand-mode modification of the airfoil shape shows, in real-time, the change in the performance of the airfoil.
APPLICATIONS
NablaFoil cuts across a broad range applications. Currently, it is used to generate high-performing airfoil shapes and it is easily coupled with 0D and 1D engineering codes for the estimation of performances. The main application fields are:
Poster Award Finalist
Our team got to the final at the CAE Conference 2018
We are proud of our new, innovative approach to the design of the airfoils.
Andrea Dal Monte, Ph.D.
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