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AVLOverview
SummaryDescription
AVLisaprogramfortheaerodynamicandflightdynamicanalysisofrigidaircraft
ofarbitraryconfiguration.Itemploysanextendedvortexlatticemodelfor
theliftingsurfaces,togetherwithaslenderbodymodelforfuselagesandnacelles.
Generalnonlinearflightstatescanbespecified.Theflightdynamicanalysis
combinesafulllinearizationoftheaerodynamicmodelaboutanyflightstate,
togetherwithspecifiedmassproperties.
ExtendedVortexLatticeModel
AerodynamicComponents
Liftingsurfaces
Slenderbodies
Configurationdefinition
Keyworddrivengeometryinputfile
Definedsectionswithlinearinterpolation
Sectionproperties
camberlineisNACAxxxx,orfromairfoilfile
controldeflections
parabolicprofiledragpolar,Rescaling
Scaling,translation,rotationofentiresurfaceorbody
Duplicationofentiresurfaceorbody
Singularities
Horseshoevortices(surfaces)
Source+doubletlines(bodies)
Finitecoreoption
Discretization
Uniform
Sine
Cosine
Blend
Controldeflections
Vianormalvectortilting
Leadingedgeortrailingedgeflaps
Flapsindependentofdiscretization
Generalfreestreamdescription
alpha,betaflowangles
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p,q,raircraftrotationcomponents
SubsonicPrandtlGlauertcompressibilitytreatment
Aerodynamicoutputs
Aerodynamicforcesandmoments,inbodyorstabilityaxes
Trefftzplaneinduceddraganalysis
Forceandmomentderivativesw.r.t.angles,rotations,controls
TrimCalculation
Operatingvariables
alpha,beta
p,q,r
controldeflections
Constraints
directconstraintsonvariables
indirectconstraintsviaspecifiedCL,moments
Multipletrimruncasescanbedefined,saved,recalled
MassProperties
Optionalmassdefinitionfile(fortrimsetup,eigenmodeanalysis)
Userchosenunits
Itemizedcomponentlocation,mass,inertias
Trimsetupofconstraints
levelorbankedhorizontalflight
steadypitchrate(looping)flight
Eigenmodeanalysis
Predictsflightstabilitycharacteristics
Rigidbody,quasisteadyaeromodel
Eigenvaluerootprogressionwithaparameter
Displayofeigenmodemotioninrealtime
Outputofdynamicsystemmatrices

ReleaseConditions
AVLisreleasedundertheGNUGeneralPublicLicense.
BydownloadingthesoftwareyouagreetoabidebytheGPLconditions.
Themostimportantconditionsare:
Youmaycopy,modifyandredistributeAVLoritsmodificationsfreely.
AnysuchredistributionsmustbedoneunderthetermsoftheGPL,elsethepermissioniswithdrawn.

Announcements
ASloveniantranslationofthiswebpagehasbeencreatedbyMaryOrban.

Software
LatestVersions
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avl3.35.tgz(1041053bytes)
AVL3.35forUnixandWin32.Gzippeddirectorytarimage.
Allsourcecode,UserGuide,sampleAVLsessioninputs.
RequiresFortran77,Ccompilers,windowingsupport.
avl335.zip(505104bytes)
AVL3.35executableforWindows.
avl335_MacOSX.zip(95232bytes)
AVL3.35executableforMacOSX.RequiresQuartzlibrarytobepresentonsystem.
avl3.32.tgz(496506bytes)
avl332.zip(678020bytes)
AVL3.32executableforWindows.
AVL3.27_MacOSX_10_4.zip(269506bytes)
AVL3.27executableforMacOSX.
OlderVersions
avl3.27.tar.gz(453338bytes)
AVL3.27forUnixandWin32.Gzippeddirectorytarimage.
avl327.zip(319170bytes)
AVL3.27executableforWindows.

Documents
avl_doc.txt
UserGuideinplaintext
session1.txt
SampleAVLsessioninputsforaerodynamicanalysis.
session2.txt
SampleAVLsessioninputsforeigenmodeanalysis.
version_notes.txt
SummaryofchangesmadeforAVLversions.

SampleInputFiles
runs/directory(thisisalsointhetarfile)
runs/directoryzipfile

Numberofuniquevisitorssince4November2007
MobilityScooters

Authors:
MarkDrela,drela(AT)mit(DOT)edu
HaroldYoungren,guppy(AT)maine(DOT)rr(DOT)com

PageRevisions
1Sept2004
Pagecreated.AVL3.14

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2Sept2004
Afewlinksfixed.
CommentsaddedtoAVL'sMakefile(innewavl3.14.tar.gz)
13Oct2004
Fixedcompilationproblemsoccurringonsomecompilers.AVL3.15
Windowsexecutableprovided(courtesyHalYoungren).
18Oct2004
Fixedbuginhandlingofruntimeloadedinputfile.AVL3.16
28Aug2005
Fixedbuginthedesignvariableimplementation.AVL3.18
AddedCY(sideforce)constrainttotheavailablelist.
24Oct2005
Fixedprintingerrorinstabilityaxisyawrater'b/2V.AVL3.20
25Oct2005
FixedsmallerrorinaxistransformationsinCl,Cnmomentcalculations.AVL3.21
12Nov2005
Fixedandclarifiedstabilityderivativeoutput.Addedstripcltosurfacelistingoutput.AVL3.22
17Mar2006
Addedanonexistentairfoilfilecheckandwarning.AddedPanandExpandhotkeystoKeystrokeViewer.
AVL3.24
29Apr2006
Setdefaultprintnamesforruncaseparameterunits.
AddedfreestreamreferencedcltoTrefftzPlaneplot.
Fixedhingemomentcalculationforleadingedgeflaps.
AVL3.26
11Aug06
WindowsexecutableofAVL3.26(courtesyofDougGreenwell)
28Feb07
ModifiedtheGPLsummaryabove.Previouslythiswasn'tacorrectGPLinterpretation,asdiscussedhere.
23May08
RemovedthesmallinfluenceofCLAFonthezeroliftangle.
Addedfileoutputoptionstolistingcommands(FT,FN,FS,etc)
Madeabunchofotherminortweaks(seeversion_notes.txt)
AVL3.27
21Jul08
WindowsexecutableofAVL3.27(courtesyofRalphPaul)
4Aug08
ReorganizedandupdatedtheAVLdescriptionabove
26Jan11
MacOSXexecutableofAVL3.27(courtesyofEmanueleRizzo)
6Apr11
Addedruns/directorylinks
AVL3.31forLinux.Lotsofnewgoodiessince3.27.Seeversion_notes.txtandavl_doc.txt
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16Dec12
Fixedpostprocessingcalculationofthestripcenterofpressure(FScommandinOPER).Itwasnotcorrect
forsectionswithsignificantsweepordihedral.
AVL3.32forLinux.
WindowsexecutableofAVL3.32(courtesyofHaroldYoungren)
10Feb14
AddedsecondorderrighthandsidestotheVLsystem,proportionaltoboththeunittranslation+rotation
velocities,andtocontroldeflections.Thisimprovesconvergencetothetrimcondition.Italsogivesthe
correcteigenmodesolutionsevenforlargetrimcontroldeflections.Onlytheverysloweigenmodes,
especiallythephugoid,willbeaffectedbythischange.Afewotherminorfeatureswereaddedsince3.32.
Seeversion_notes.txt.
AVL3.35forLinux.
23Feb14
WindowsexecutableforAVL3.35(courtesyofHaroldYoungren)
29Jan15
MacOSXexecutableforAVL3.35(courtesyofHaroldYoungren)

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