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<span style="color:red">Rotare is still UNDER DEVELOPMENT. <br/>
The first stable official release will be version 1.0.0.</span>
A proper roadmap will be posted soon with the planned release date of the various
features. Support will not be provided as long as version 1.0.0 is not released.
A proper roadmap will be posted soon with the planned release date of the
various features. Support will not be provided as long as version 1.0.0 is not
released.
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Momentum Theory in MATLAB.
This software can be used for the analysis and the design of all kinds of
rotors: helicopters main/tail rotors, aircraft propellers, wind/tidal turbines,
etc.
rotors: helicopters main/tail rotors, aircraft propellers, etc.
Future versions will also be able to model wind/tidal turbines as well as rotors
in autorotation.
Rotare was developed primarily for teaching purposes at the [University of
Liege][uliege-am] (Belgium) by Thomas Lambert during his Ph.D. The code was
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A more exhaustive list of features can be found in the complete
documentation that will be made available with version 1.0.0.
### Types of rotors
- [x] Helicopters main or tail rotors
- [x] Aircraft propellers
- [ ] Wind/tidal turbines
### Geometry
- [x] Varying airfoil along the blade
- [x] Custom twist/taper
- [ ] Coaxial rotors
- [ ] Overlapping rotors
### Flow
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to download the latest stable version from the [release page][rotare-releases].
_Note_: Rotare uses dependencies which are not directly hosted in this
repository. Do not just downloading Rotare's repo this will not be enough!
A special archive is available for each release in the the release page under
the name `COMPLETE CODE`. This archive contains all the dependencies needed for
the proper use of Rotare. Always download this one and not the automatically
repository. Simply downloading Rotare's repo will therefore not be enough!
A special archive is available for each release in the release page under the
name `COMPLETE CODE`. This archive contains all the dependencies needed for the
proper use of Rotare. Always download this one and not the automatically
generated _source code_ archives.
## Documentation
Rotare comes with a [very detailed documentation][rotare-doc]. The documentation
is made of two parts:
Rotare comes with a detailed documentation (**LINK TO COME**). This
documentation is made of two parts:
1. The user manual
2. The technical documentation
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configuration.
If the error has nothing to do with your configuration, please check first the
troubleshooting section of [the documentation][rotare-doc].
troubleshooting section of the documentation.
If you encounter any other issue with this code, please check [the issue
tracker][rotare-issues] and fill a new issue report if applicable. You can also
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