kiteEnergySimulator
===================

This piece of software aims at computing the power that can be retrieved from a kite, pulling a craft or an electrical generator. This simulator was developed by Quentin RENAUD, Vincent ARNAL, Charles SPRAUL during a student project at Ecole Centrale de Nantes, based on a proposal by Baptiste LABAT. The project report (in french) can be found here http://www.nautilabs.com/doc/Rapport_v3_3.pdf

To run the code you need to install python and a few libraries  
-Numpy  
-Matplotlib  
-Scipy  

First you need to go to the Coefs directory
cd Coefs

and launch LectureClCd.py script
python LectureClCd.py
Close the figure which opens.
This will create some files containing data to be used by other scripts.

cd ../Carroussel
python Carrousel.py
Wait a few minutes until the computations end.

Some results files were saved in Polar directory

You can get a 3D simulation of the Carousel by going into Carroussel directory and typing:  
python animation_3.py

The wing parameters are stored in Coefs/wing_cfg.py and in the .dat files (Lift and drag coefficients)

The fluid parameters are stored in Optim/cfg.py. Density can be changed to get results in water instead of air

The carousel parameters (radius, line length) are stored in Carroussel/animation_3.Py

kiteEnergySimulator
===================

This piece of software aims at computing the power that can be retrieved from a kite, pulling a craft or an electrical generator. This simulator was developed by Quentin RENAUD, Vincent ARNAL, Charles SPRAUL during a student project at Ecole Centrale de Nantes, based on a proposal by Baptiste LABAT. The project report (in french) can be found here http://www.nautilabs.com/doc/Rapport_v3_3.pdf

To run the code you need to install python and a few libraries  
-Numpy  
-Matplotlib  
-Scipy  

First you need to go to the Coefs directory
cd Coefs

and launch LectureClCd.py script
python LectureClCd.py
Close the figure which opens.
This will create some files containing data to be used by other scripts.

cd ../Carousel
python Carousel.py
Wait a few minutes until the computations end.

Some results files were saved in Polar directory

You can get a 3D simulation of the Carousel by going into Carousel directory and typing:  
python animation_3.py

The wing parameters are stored in Coefs/wing_cfg.py and in the .dat files (Lift and drag coefficients)

The fluid parameters are stored in Optim/cfg.py. Density can be changed to get results in water instead of air

The carousel parameters (radius, line length) are stored in Caroussel/animation_3.Py

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