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FoilBoXX

A design tool for (wortman-)flapped airfoils with a fresh user-interface, uses a class-shape parametrization with bernstein polynomials as shape functions

Download & Use (only Linux for now):

Go to releases, choose th latest one, open assets and download the AppImage
-> https://github.com/paulebieber/FoilBoXX/releases
Open a terminal, and run chmod +x on the AppImage to make it executable, then run it
alternative: open Filebrowser, rightclick the AppImage, under Properties/Accessablitiy activate run as executable

External Libraries:

xfoil-cpp-master (https://github.com/kamino410/xfoil-cpp), GPL-v3
GPL-v3 licenced version of Qt5.9.9 (https://www.qt.io/download-open-source)
Qwt Plot (https://qwt.sourceforge.io/), LGPL
dlib (http://dlib.net/), Boost software licence
armadillo (http://arma.sourceforge.net/), Apache 2.0
openBlas (https://www.openblas.net/), BSD

For compiling from source:

install Qt5.9.9 (best via https://www.qt.io/offline-installers)
install openBlas (on arch linux only https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/openblas-lapack worked for use with dlib)
install mesa-common-dev (packagename for apt)
after cloning do a git submodule update --init
For ubuntu use snap to get the latest cmake version
Check for right CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH for including the Qt cmake folder in the CMakeLists.txt
Information: Temporary fix for xfoil-cpp ("Memset not declared"): Modified XFoil.h: added "#include <cstring>" to headers

Roadmap:
In further Developement, the following functionality is planned:

draw Blueprints to the PressurePlot for every FoilMode, for reference
add geometric Optimization for minimization of gap between blueprint and pressure-Distribution
More refined analysis, like H parameter, delta*, theta and friction coefficient

Contributing to the source code:
If you want to help me on the developement of the FoilBoXX, please contact me: [email protected]

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