DCFoil.jl

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Dynamic Composite Foil (DCFoil.jl) is a composite marine appendage design optimization software written in Julia. It analyzes the fluid-structure interaction of slender composite structures using low-order models.

Documentation

See the docs/ directory to build the documentation.

Contributors

Galen W. Ng (primary developer) Shugo Kaneko (load and displacement transfer scheme) Eirikur Jonsson (technical advice) Sicheng He (technical advice) Joaquim R. R. A. Martins (technical advice)

Versions

Check the Project.toml for version dependencies.

Citation

For more, see the journal paper. Please cite this article when using DCFoil in your research or curricula.

Ng, Galen W., Eirikur Jonsson, Sicheng He, and Joaquim RRA Martins. "Dynamic hydroelasticity of composite appendages with reverse-mode algorithmic differentiation." Composite Structures 346 (2024): 118367.

@Article{Ng2024,
    author      = {Galen W. Ng and Eirikur Jonsson and Sicheng He and Joaquim R.R.A. Martins},
    title       = {Dynamic hydroelasticity of composite appendages with reverse-mode algorithmic differentiation},
    doi         = {10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118367},
    journal     = {Composite Structures},
    year        = {2024}}