pysces: Boundary Element Method for Python¶
This package implements a boundary element method for solving for the fluid flow around streamlined bodies moving in a potential flow. The goal is to provide a clean interface so that different methods may be easily swapped out, while being computationally efficient.
Testing and coverage
Automated tests are provided, and may be run with:
$ python runtests.py
You can also generate a coverage report as follows:
$ coverage run runtests.py
$ coverage report -m
To generate a nice html report, use:
$ coverage html
and then open the files generated in the directory htmlcov/.
Documentation¶
Function reference¶
The pysces package implements a boundary element method for inviscid
fluid flows.
Generating bodies¶
Body(points) |
Base class for representing bodies |
TransformedBody(body[, angle, displacement]) |
Base class for rigid (Euclidean) transformations of existing bodies |
Pitching(body, amplitude, frequency[, phase]) |
Sinusoidal pitching for an existing body |
Heaving(body, displacement, frequency[, phase]) |
Sinusoidal heaving for an existing body |
cylinder(radius, num_points) |
Return a circular Body with the given radius and number of points |
flat_plate(num_points) |
Return a flat plate Body with the given number of points. |
joukowski_foil([xcenter, ycenter, a, numpoints]) |
Return a Joukowski foil Body. |
karman_trefftz_foil([xcenter, ycenter, a, ...]) |
Return a Karman-Trefftz foil Body. |
naca_airfoil(code, num_points[, ...]) |
Return a NACA 4-digit series airfoil |
van_de_vooren_foil([semichord, thickness, ...]) |
Return a van de Vooren foil Body. |
Panel methods¶
Vortices([positions, strengths]) |
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BoundVortices(body[, Uinfty]) |
A class for bound vortex panels |
BoundSourceDoublets(body) |