Design Analysis and Research Corporation (DARcorporation) and the University of Michigan MDO Lab received a NASA STTR contract to develop an Open Source Distributed Electric Propulsion Optimization (DEP-MDAO) Tool. NASA selected 409 technology proposals from 312 small businesses. DARcorporation was the only [...]
Dr. Willem A. Anemaat, President of DARcorporation, has been selected to receive the 2021 AIAA Sustained Service Award. This award is presented to recognize sustained, significant service and contributions to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA, by members of the [...]
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High Efficiency Electric Propulsion Design and Testing This whitepaper outlines the design process and presents verification testing of an electric ducted fan for small UAV integration. Flight time estimation is made from performance testing results and vehicle weight estimations and compared with [...]
DARcorporation will be presenting two new research papers at the Asia Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT) in December. "Propeller Design Framework using Open Source Tools" is co-authored by DARcorporation engineers and "Comparison of Aerodynamic Design Tools for Distributed Propulsion Aircraft" [...]
DARcorporation has created a library of CAD models based on publicly available, open source data (not manufacturer's data) from sources like Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Roskam's Airplane Design Series and Modern Air-Launched Weapons. Now the entire CAD library is available in [...]
As the sole distributor of ALR’s Aircraft Performance Program software and DARcorporation is proud to announce pyAPP, a programming interface to enhance APP’s features or include APP into an existing in-house toolchain. APP is a trusted aircraft performance analysis tool, unlike anything [...]
DARcorporation has been offering aeronautical engineering consulting services, software and books since 1991. We have engineers, clients, customers, and associates from all around the world connected through our base in Lawrence, Kansas. Recently, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce put together a video [...]
We are very excited about the newest addition to our state of the art testing lab. The Motor Characterization Stand will allow us to independently characterize a variety of motors for performance and efficiency. We are able to test DC Motors, AC [...]
Our Chief Engineer, Dr. Wanbo Liu, consulted for the feature article in the June/July issue of Unmanned Systems Technology Magazine. The article focuses on innovations in propeller design, testing and manufacturing . DARcorporation utilizes a combination of cutting edge aerodynamic analysis tools, [...]
