Aerodynamics Python Packages

aerosandbox

Aircraft design optimization made fast through computational graph transformations (e.g., automatic differentiation). Composable analysis tools for aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, trajectory design, and much more.

neuralfoil

NeuralFoil is a practical airfoil aerodynamics analysis tool using physics-informed machine learning, exposed to end-users in pure Python/NumPy.

optvl

A modified version of Mark Drela and Harold Youngren's famous AVL code with a direct Python interface and gradient based optimization support.

openaerostruct

OpenAeroStruct is a lightweight tool that performs aerostructural optimization using OpenMDAO.

rocketpy

Next generation High-Power Rocketry 6-DOF Trajectory Simulation

pterasoftware

Ptera Software is a fast, easy-to-use, and open-source software package for analyzing flapping-wing flight.

mapleaf

6-DOF Rocket Flight Simulation Framework

pymead

An object-oriented Python 3 GUI and API for single- and multi-element parametric airfoil design, analysis, and optimization

pyloworder

High performance parallel reduced order Modelling library

vlm

Vortex Lattice Method library written in Python

wingwalker

Wingwalker Airfoil and Wing Design Tools'

pyairpar

Generate Bézier-parametrized airfoils and airfoil systems

helipypter

Python notebooks related to helicopter aerodynamics.

xflrpy

xflrpy is a python enabled version of xflr5 for scripting and design optimization.

preflightpy

Python module for Simulation and Optimization of Rocket Trajectories, SORT for short.

ezaero

Aerodynamics in Python.

parea

The easiest way to compute the frontal/projected area of an STL geometry file. Useful for aerodynamic/CFD applications.

isacalc

Basic ISA Calculator for Python projects

mola-workflow

MOLA (Modular Orchestration Library for Aerodynamics) implements user-level workflows and tools for aerodynamic analysis.

machupx-web

Fast and accurate aerodynamic modeling using general numerical lifting-line theory.

rocketpyalpha

Next generation High-Power Rocketry 6-DOF Trajectory Simulation