AerogridPlot

class sharpy.postproc.aerogridplot.AerogridPlot[source]

Aerodynamic Grid Plotter

The settings that this solver accepts are given by a dictionary, with the following key-value pairs:

Name

Type

Description

Default

include_rbm

bool

Include rigid body motions

True

include_forward_motion

bool

Include forward motion

False

include_applied_forces

bool

Include applied aerodynamic forces at the vertices

True

include_unsteady_applied_forces

bool

Include unsteady aerodynamic forces at the vertices

False

minus_m_star

int

Subtract a number of wake panels that will not be plotted

0

name_prefix

str

Prefix to add to file name

u_inf

float

Free stream velocity

0.0

dt

float

Time step increment

0.0

include_velocities

bool

Include induced velocities at the vertices

False

include_incidence_angle

bool

Include panel incidence angle

False

plot_nonlifting_surfaces

bool

Plot nonlifting surfaces

False

plot_lifting_surfaces

bool

Plot nonlifting surfaces

False

num_cores

int

Number of cores used to compute velocities/angles

1

vortex_radius

float

Distance below which inductions are not computed

sharpy.utils.constants.vortex_radius_def

stride

int

Number of steps between the execution calls when run online

1

save_wake

bool

Plot the wake

True