Bug#513608: ITP: avl -- Analyser for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic of rigid aircraft.

[Chris Walker <chrisw@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Cross posted to debian-science. 

Loïc Fejoz <loic@fejoz.net> writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "Loïc Fejoz" <loic@fejoz.net>
> 
> * Package name    : avl

I've taken the liberty of adding this to the science-engineering task -
see http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/engineering.html

Package description below for those reading this for the first time on
debian-science.

Chris

>   Version         : 3.27-1
>   Upstream Author : Mark Drela <drela@mit.edu>
>                     Harold Youngren <guppy@maine.rr.com> 
> * URL             : http://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/avl/
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: Fortran77
>   Description     : Analyser for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic of rigid aircraft.
> 
> AVL is a program for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic analysis of rigid
> aircraft of arbitrary configuration. It employs an extended vortex lattice
> model for the lifting surfaces, together with a slender-body model for
> fuselages and nacelles. General nonlinear flight states can be specified. The
> flight dynamic analysis combines a full linearization of the aerodynamic model
> about any flight state, together with specified mass properties.
> 
> PS: The package will be maintain by the aeromelling maintainers team <https://launchpad.net/~aeromodelling-maintainers>.
>