DCRG Aeroelastic Development Tools Documentation

Welcome to the documentation for the Aeroleastic development tools developed by the Dynamics and Control Research Group at the Univeristy of Bristol. This documentation serves as a guide to help new researchers get started with the tools and to provide a reference for experienced users.

The packages are generally developed in Matlab and can all be found on the group’s GitHub page: https://github.com/DCRG-Bristol .

Overview:

• Toolkit Overview
  • Package Overviews
    • Package Installer for Matlab (pim)
    • Matlab Utilities
    • Matran
    • Bristol Aircraft File Format (baff)
    • Aeroelastic Development Suite (ads)
    • Conceptual aircraft sizing tool for flexible aircraft (FlexCAST)
    • LACA Framework
  • Installation
  • Getting Started
  • Developing your Own Package
• Frequently Asked Questions

Examples:

• Goland Wing Examples

Team Sprint 2025:

• Team Design Sprint June 2025

Package Overviews

• Package Installer for Matlab (pim)
• BAFF v0.2
• Aeroelastic Development Suite (ADS)
• FLEXCAST v0.1.0.0
• MATRAN v1.2.0.12
• MATLAB-UTILITIES v1.0.0.1

API References

• ads
• cast
• fh
• mni
• dcrg
• baff