Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We've finally reached the last video in my panel method series. Here, I'll show you how to update my single-airfoil SPVP code to be able to solve multi-airfoil systems. After explaining the updates (which takes about 20 minutes), we'll go through some examples of different airfoils and systems.

===== CODE =====
► My website
joshtheengineer.com/2020/07/12/multi-airfoil-source-vortex-panel-method

► GitHub
github.com/jte0419/Panel_Methods

===== RELEVANT VIDEOS =====
► Panel Methods Playlist
youtube.com/watch?v=bWjo3N9COz4&list=PLxT-itJ3HGuUDVMuWKBxyoY8Dm9O9qstP

► Source Panel Method: Airfoil
youtube.com/watch?v=fdNOYdwY9Bw

► Vortex Panel Method: Airfoil
youtube.com/watch?v=JL2fz-xTTT0

► Source/Vortex Panel Method: System of Equations
youtube.com/watch?v=bc_pkKGEypU

► Source/Vortex Panel Methods: Airfoil
youtube.com/watch?v=V77QTAgZuqw

===== NOTES =====
→ I haven't coded this particular script in Python, and I'm not sure if I'm going to. You can download my single-airfoil SPVP code and update it based on my MATLAB code if you want to.
→ More airfoils and more panels per airfoil will cause the streamline calculations to take longer.
→ The grid for the streamline has to have equal X and Y points at the moment. I know there's an error since it doesn't work for irregular grids, but I'm not planning on fixing it at the moment.

===== ERRORS =====
→ If you see an error in the video, please let me know and I will include it here.

===== REFERENCES =====
Note: the links are Amazon affiliate links. If you do happen to want to buy the book and use the link below, it helps me out a little.
► Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Anderson
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► Foundations of Aerodynamics, Kuethe and Chow
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► Theory of Wing Sections, Abbott and Doenhoff
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