https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads.html The UIUC has an amazing airfoil database containing coordinates and other quick aerodynamic information.
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HiFiLES High Fidelity Large Eddy Simulation
https://hifiles.stanford.edu/ My students and myself were impressed with the Stanford University release of HiFiLES, a large-eddy simulation solver for turbulent flows. We were able to use it successfully in our Office of Naval Research Grant. In fact, our modifications were released for free with an in-built acoustics solver. These codes are free of charge to …
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Aerospace Verses Mechanical Engineers
Mechanical Engineers use \(y\) as a coordinate axis at the ground pointing towards the sky. Dissimilar, Aerospace Engineers use \(y\) as a coordinate fixed to a flight-vehicle pointing towards the Earth. This is why Mechanical Engineers have their feet on the ground, and Aerospace Engineers have their heads above the clouds.