Welcome
This is the new webpage for Tornado Vortex Lattice method.
Tornado is a Vortex Lattice Method for linear aerodynamic wing design applications in conceptual aircraft design or in aeronautical education. By modelling all lifting surfaces as thin plates, Tornado can solve for most aerodynamic derivatives for a wide range of aircraft geometries. With a very high computational speed, Tornado gives the user an immediate feedback on design changes, making quantitative knowledge available earlier in the design process.
The code is implemented in MATLAB and is being used at many universities and corporations around the world. It is still in a development phase with new functionality added. The code can either be run with a text based interface or in batch mode.
The code is being developed as an international cooperation between universities, companies and private persons.
Happy users
Prasenjit says:
I have been using Tornado in MATLAB for a few months and let me start off by saying that it is a very useful package that is aiding the research my company is currently involved in.
Ammar says:
I would like to thank you regarding this amazing program "TORNADO" since I am going to use it in my senior project this semester so it going to help me a lot.
Weisheng says:
Firstly, I would like to thank you for the development of the Tornado code and for making it available to the public