Aerodynamics Python Packages

aerosandbox

Aircraft design optimization made fast through computational graph transformations (e.g., automatic differentiation). Composable analysis tools for aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, trajectory design, and much more.

openballistics

High-performance C++ library with Python bindings for computing ballistic trajectories and firing solutions

neuralfoil

NeuralFoil is a practical airfoil aerodynamics analysis tool using physics-informed machine learning, exposed to end-users in pure Python/NumPy.

rocketpy

Next generation High-Power Rocketry 6-DOF Trajectory Simulation

openaerostruct

OpenAeroStruct is a lightweight tool that performs aerostructural optimization using OpenMDAO.

optvl

AVL + python + optimization = OptVL

pterasoftware

Ptera Software is a fast, easy-to-use, and open-source software package for analyzing flapping-wing flight.

prandtl-cfd

CFD surrogate modeling toolkit — train, validate, and export surrogate models for aerodynamic predictions.

mapleaf

6-DOF Rocket Flight Simulation Framework

pymead

An object-oriented Python 3 GUI and API for single- and multi-element parametric airfoil design, analysis, and optimization

vlm

Vortex Lattice Method library written in Python

pyloworder

High performance parallel reduced order Modelling library

helipypter

Python notebooks related to helicopter aerodynamics.

wingwalker

Airfoil and wing design utilities

xflrpy

xflrpy is a python enabled version of xflr5 for scripting and design optimization.

pyairpar

Generate Bézier-parametrized airfoils and airfoil systems

ezaero

ezaero - Easy aerodynamics in Python :airplane:

preflightpy

Python package for rocket flight simulation.

parea

The easiest way to compute the frontal/projected area of an STL geometry file. Useful for aerodynamic/CFD applications.

isacalc

Standard International Atmosphere Calculator

mola-workflow

MOLA (Modular Orchestration Library for Aerodynamics) implements user-level workflows and tools for aerodynamic analysis.

machupx-web

Fast and accurate aerodynamic modeling using general numerical lifting-line theory.

rocketpyalpha

Next generation High-Power Rocketry 6-DOF Trajectory Simulation