SHARPy Version 1.2
It has been a while! However, in this convoluted 2020 development on SHARPy hasn't ceased! This release is packed with new features and changes, in particular to how the wake is handled and assembled in the UVLM. More on that below.
We'd also like to welcome @sduess to the SHARPy development team!
These are the major enhancements to SHARPy 1.2 (check the changelog for a full list):
- Major new aerodynamic features #101 (ArturoMS13)
- SHARPy support for external inputs via UDP network #90 (ngoiz)
- Vortex radius as input parameter #86 (ArturoMS13)
- Quasi-steady solver in stepuvlm #114 (ArturoMS13)
- Generator to modify structural mass at runtime #107 (ngoiz)
- Simple post-processor to save simulation parameters for batch runs #91 (ngoiz)
Full Changelog
The major enhancement is to the UVLM thanks to @ArturoMS13's work #101. You can now use different sized panels for the wake and bound panels, which will result in much more efficient simulations (nonlinear only for the moment). This introduces a change in the settings to the AerogridLoader as now the wake is assembled within SHARPy (previously it was built in UVLM). For the current version, the new wake definition settings are optional (i.e., by default the wake will be constructed with the same panel size as the bound panels) but for future releases this will be a required setting. The settings should be fairly easy to implement as there are only two new wake generators StraightWake and HelicoidalWake; these settings are parsed into AerogridLoader.
We hope you find these new features useful for your work! If you have any questions with the new developments or find any bugs please open an issue!