Mark Drela (July 1, 1959) is an American aeronautical engineer, currently the Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is primarily concerned with computational engineering, design, and optimization.[1] Drela is famed for his work on aerodynamics softwares:
XFOIL for airfoil analysis using a panel method[2]
Athena Vortex Lattice (AVL) for flight dynamic analysis using a vortex lattice method[3]
MISES for design and analysis of turbo machinery blading[4]
In 2009, Drela was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for creation of breakthrough aircraft designs and design software that enabled operation in new flight regimes.
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^"Faculty profile: Mark Drela's research — and his teaching — offer beauty and functionality". mit.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^"AVL Overview". mit.edu. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
^"MISES - SOFTWARE FOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF TURBOMACHINERY BLADING". mit.edu. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
MarkDrela (July 1, 1959) is an American aeronautical engineer, currently the Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
parameters. It is released under the GNU GPL. XFOIL was first developed by MarkDrela at MIT as a design tool for the MIT Daedalus project in the 1980s. It...
Boston until 2015. It is currently in storage at MIT. On 27 October 1991, MarkDrela set the world-record speed with Decavitator of 18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34...
to transition to horizontal flight. The Apex's wing was designed by Dr MarkDrela of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and mounted a "wake rake"...
Steven R. Bussolari of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory; the aerodynamicist was MarkDrela, with his XFOIL; in 1986, the team moves to Hanscom Field; the pilot Lois...
which became available in the early 1980s. This was soon followed by MarkDrela's XFOIL code. Both PROFILE and XFOIL incorporate two-dimensional panel...
airliner concept Type of aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Aurora Flight Sciences Designer MarkDrela Status Development and testing...
Thomas 1988 David W. Thompson 1989 Cas P. Van Dam 1990 Ilan M. Kroo 1991 MarkDrela 1992 John T. Batina 1993 Tim Barth 1994 William K. Anderson 1995 William...
Horizontal and vertical stabilizers were "all-moving" control surfaces. MarkDrela had recently written the program XFOIL, which enables the design of aerofoils...
Manufacturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Designer Juan R. Cruz, MarkDrela, John S. Langford First flight April 4, 1984 Retired October 12, 1984...
Monarch B Related lists List of human-powered aircraft Cruz, Juan R.; Drela, Mark; Langford, John S. (January 1985). "The MIT Monarch and the Kremer World...
Retrieved 24 July 2023. Piotr Machnikowski; Justyna Balcarczyk; Monika Drela (2017). "Political System (III)". Contract law in Poland. Alphen aan den...
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