SHARPy

SHARPy: Simulation of High-Aspect-Ratio aircraft and wind turbines in Python

SHARPy (we pronounce it SHARP-EYE, of course!) is an open-source nonlinear simulation and analysis package for coupled structural (flexible multibody) and aerodynamic modelling. We used it for coupled aeroelastic/flight dynamics analysis of low-speed very flexible aircraft and for dynamics of bottom-fixed and floating wind turbines. It also generates reduced-order models for control design and can be run as a simulator for feedback control testing. See document below for full features or the short description in JOSS.

Source code in github: stable release and beta version

Documentation: ic-sharpy.readthedocs.io

References: https://ic-sharpy.readthedocs.io/en/main/content/publications.html

Sample videos:

xhale

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X-HALE in a lateral gust, from (Deskos, del Carre and Palacios, 2023)

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