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Quick Start

Run your first Philote MDO analysis in under five minutes. This guide uses the OpenAeroStruct VLM example, which requires no external dependencies beyond the package itself.

1. Install the package​

git clone https://github.com/MDO-Standards/philote-examples.git
cd philote-examples
pip install -e .

2. Run the analysis​

cd examples/oas_vlm
python run_analysis.py

This starts a Philote gRPC server hosting the OAS VLM discipline, connects an OpenMDAO client, runs a vortex-lattice method analysis on a rectangular wing, and prints the aerodynamic coefficients:

OAS VLM analysis: v=248.136 m/s, alpha=5.0 deg, M=0.84, Re=1e+06/m, rho=0.38 kg/m^3
  CL = ...
  CD = ...
  CM = [...]

3. What just happened?​

The script performed these steps automatically:

  1. Created an OasDiscipline -- a Philote discipline wrapping the OpenAeroStruct Geometry + AeroPoint solver.
  2. Started a gRPC server hosting the discipline on port 50051.
  3. Built an OpenMDAO Problem with a RemoteExplicitComponent connected to the server.
  4. Set flight conditions (velocity, angle of attack, Mach number, Reynolds number, density) and ran the model.
  5. Printed results -- CL, CD, and the CM vector.

Next steps​

  • NACA + XFOIL Tutorial -- Couple two disciplines for airfoil geometry generation and aerodynamic analysis.
  • OAS VLM Tutorial -- Customize the wing geometry and surface properties.
  • Disciplines -- Detailed reference for each discipline's inputs, outputs, and options.