TiGL: an open source computational geometry library for parametric aircraft design

DOI10.1007/S11786-019-00401-YMaRDI QIDQ2324399zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Martin Siggel, Jan Kleinert, Tobias Stollenwerk, Reinhold Maierl

Publication date 11 September 2019

Published in Mathematics in Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10795, https://elib.dlr.de/124420/1/ESCO-2018-TiGL.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

geometryB-splinesaircraftCPACSGordon surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical smoothing, curve fitting (65D10) Numerical interpolation (65D05) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to numerical analysis (65-04)

Abstract: This paper introduces the software TiGL: TiGL is an open source high-fidelity geometry modeler that is used in the conceptual and preliminary aircraft and helicopter design phase. It creates full three-dimensional models of aircraft from their parametric CPACS description. Due to its parametric nature, it is typically used for aircraft design analysis and optimization. First, we present the use-case and architecture of TiGL. Then, we discuss it's geometry module, which is used to generate the B-spline based surfaces of the aircraft. The backbone of TiGL is its surface generator for curve network interpolation, based on Gordon surfaces. One major part of this paper explains the mathematical foundation of Gordon surfaces on B-splines and how we achieve the required curve network compatibility. Finally, TiGL's aircraft component module is introduced, which is used to create the external and internal parts of aircraft, such as wings, flaps, fuselages, engines or structural elements.

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• TiGL

Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• Gmsh
• SWIG
• ParaView
• Netgen
• Vehicle sketch pad
• CEASIOM
• CPACS
• Open CASCADE
• PythonOCC
• GeoMACH
• SUMO
• JPAD
• SUAVE
• TiXI
• CPACSGen
• CONSURF
• Ayam
• GoTools
• CPACSCreator
• cpacs2to3
• GitHub

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