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This is a Java program that calculates commonly used parameters related to airplane wing geometry such as area, taper ratio, aspect ratio, sweep, etc. As an aerospace engineer involved in airplane design, I find that I'm calculating these parameters all the time, so I wrote this program to help me out. To use this program, simply enter any parameters that you know, and the others will be calculated automatically. For instance, if you know the wing span and aspect ratio, enter them, and the wing area will be calculated automatically. Or, if you know the wing span, root chord length, and tip chord length, you can enter them and the wing area, aspect ratio and taper ratio will be automatically calculated.
My Wing Geometry Java program is available in 3 forms. As a downloadable application set up for MacOS, as a double-clickable JAR file for Windows or as a JAR file for UNIX based systems (which will actually work anywhere). This program and it's source code are free and covered by the General Public Licence.
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MacOS Application
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Version 1.7.2 |
Application that will run under MacOS. You will download a compressed disk image. Should work with MacOS 11.3 or later right out of the box (you do not need to have Java installed). |
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Windows Application
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Version 1.7.2 |
Double-clickable JAR file that will run on any Windows machine with Java (JRE) 11 or later installed. You will download a ZIP archive that contains a double-clickable JAR archive. |
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UNIX Application
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Version 1.7.2 |
Application that will run on several different UNIX or Linux based systems with Java (JRE) 11 or later installed. You will download a GZip compressed tape archive file (TGZ). Inside this you will find a double-clickable JAR file that can also be run from the command line. |
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Source Code
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Version 1.7.2 |
Full source code for the Wing Geometry program including library dependencies. Also includes the JRE that is bundled with the MacOS version. |
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