JoshTheEngineer | Load Airfoil Coordinates using MATLAB @JoshTheEngineer | Uploaded March 2019 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
In a previous video, we downloaded the entire airfoil database from the UIUC Airfoil Database (https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/coord_database.html) using a simple Python script. In this video, I will go through a function in MATLAB that allows you to read in any of the airfoils. I also show how to get and save the airfoils from the Selig-format archived database, along with a simplified MATLAB function that also works well.
===== RELEVANT LINKS =====
► MATLAB script and functions from this video
joshtheengineer.com/2019/03/30/load-airfoil-data-into-matlab
► Python code to download UIUC airfoil database
joshtheengineer.com/2019/01/30/uiuc-airfoil-database-file-download
GitHub: Panel Methods
► github.com/jte0419/Panel_Methods
===== RELEVANT VIDEOS =====
UIUC Airfoil Database Download Python Code
→ bit.ly/2I0zvIl
===== NOTES =====
► There are other ways to load these airfoil data files, this is just my take on it.
In a previous video, we downloaded the entire airfoil database from the UIUC Airfoil Database (https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/coord_database.html) using a simple Python script. In this video, I will go through a function in MATLAB that allows you to read in any of the airfoils. I also show how to get and save the airfoils from the Selig-format archived database, along with a simplified MATLAB function that also works well.
===== RELEVANT LINKS =====
► MATLAB script and functions from this video
joshtheengineer.com/2019/03/30/load-airfoil-data-into-matlab
► Python code to download UIUC airfoil database
joshtheengineer.com/2019/01/30/uiuc-airfoil-database-file-download
GitHub: Panel Methods
► github.com/jte0419/Panel_Methods
===== RELEVANT VIDEOS =====
UIUC Airfoil Database Download Python Code
→ bit.ly/2I0zvIl
===== NOTES =====
► There are other ways to load these airfoil data files, this is just my take on it.
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