Welcome to AeroComBAT’s documentation!¶
AeroComBAT is a python API for composite, aeroelastic structures. The physics of this package have been heavily verified against codes such as NABSA, VABS, BECAS, and NX NASTRAN.
AeroComBAT Introduction¶
AeroComBAT (Aeroelastic Composite Beam Analysis Tool) is a python API intended to allow users to efficiently models composite beam structures.
| Authors: | Ben Names |
|---|---|
| Version: | 1.0 of 2016/04/16 |
Version 1.0¶
Capabilities
Simple classical lamination theory analysis
Cross-sectional analysis of composite beams
- 3D Composite Timoshenko (shear deformable) beam analysis
- Linear static analysis
- Normal mode analysis
- Dynamic Aeroelastic Stability (Flutter) Analysis
Installation Instructions¶
First of all it is strongly recomended that the user first install the Anaconda python distribution from Continuum analytics here.
By installing Anaconda, you will automatically get 3 of the AeroComBAT dependencies, Numpy, Scipy, and Numba. The last dependency is the visualizer MayaVi. The easiest way to install this is with Anaconda’s package management ‘conda’. To install this, simply run:
conda install mayavi
Mayavi is the 3D visualization engine currently used by AeroComBAT. Note that in some cases installing mayavi has been found to downgrade numpy. This is not necessary, so try to update numpy after installing MayaVi by executing:
conda update numpy
Documentation and tutorials¶
For for the AeroComBAT documentation and Tutorials, see the AeroComBAT Documentation.