•  Flightloads
  •  Introduction
    •  Loads in the Design of Flight Vehicles
      • Background
      • MSC’s Initiative
    • Architecture and Capabilities
    • Integration of MSC Nastran and MSC Patran
    • About This Guide
  •  Getting Started
    •  Prerequisites
      • Software
      • Experience
      • Structural Model
    • Terms
    •  Invoking MSC.FlightLoads and Dynamics
      • Aero Modeling
    •  Graphical User Interface
      • Working with FlightLoads Forms
      • Working with Subforms
  •  Aero Modeling
    • Introduction
    • Aero Modeling Options
    •  Model Management
      • Overview
      • Model Management Forms
    •  Flat Plate Aero Modeling
      • Overview
      • Lifting Surface Methods
      • Lifting Surface Forms
      • Show/Lifting Surface/Aspect Ratio
      • Body Forms
      • Delete/Any
    •  Control Device
      • Overview
      • Control Devices
    •  Aero Monitor Points
      • Overview
  •  Aerodynamics
    • Introduction
    • Global Data
    •  Steady Aerodynamics
      • Steady Aerodynamics
    •  Unsteady Aerodynamics
      • Overview
      • Unsteady Aerodynamics
      • Create/MK Pair Set
      • Delete/MK Pair Set
      • Modify/MK Pair Set
      • Mach-Frequency Pairs/Subforms
  •  Aeroelasticity
    • Introduction
    •  Aero-Structure Coupling
      • Overview
      • Aero-Structure Coupling
      • Delete Any, Surface or Beam
      • Show Surface or Beam/Attributes
    •  Structural Monitor Points
      • Overview
      • Structural Monitor Points
      • Create/Monitor Points
      • Delete Monitor Points
      • Modify Monitor Points
      • Show/Structural Monitor Points
      • Structural Monitor Point Info
    •  Aeroelastic Model
      • Aeroelastic Model Form
    •  Analysis
      • Overview
      • Analysis Forms
      • Aeroelastic Analysis
      • Flutter Parameters
  •  Results Browser
    • Introduction
    •  Attach Results Data
      • Overview
      • Attach Results Data
    • Flexible Increment Filter
    •  Loads Browsers
      • Overview
      • Create/Region
      • Create/Region Chain
      • Create/Force
      • Modify/Region
      • Modify/Region Chain
      • Delete/Region
      • Delete/Region Chain
      • Plot
      • Plot Running Loads
      • Running Loads - Methodology
      • Plot/LBCs/Running Loads
      • Plot/Load Cases/Running Loads
      • Plot/Results/Running Loads
      • Plot Running Loads - Plot Options
      • Plot Load Summation
      • Plot/LBCs/Load Summation
      • Plot Load Summation - Plot Options
    •  Export
      • Overview
      • Export
    • Results Viewer
  •  Import/Export
    • Introduction
    • Import
    •  Export
      • Overview
      • Export
      • Export/Load Set/Results
      • BDF Fragments
  •  Panel Aerodynamics
    • Introduction
    • Aerodynamic Data Generation
    •  Aerodynamic Theories
      • Doublet‑Lattice Subsonic Lifting Surface Theory
      • ZONA51 Supersonic Lifting Surface Theory
      • Subsonic Wing‑Body Interference Theory
    •  Aerodynamic Modeling Guidelines
      • Doublet-Lattice and ZONA51 Panels
      • Spanwise Convergence Criteria
      • Slender and Interference Bodies
  •  Splines
    • Introduction
    •  Theoretical Development
      • Infinite Plate Spline and the Linear Spline
      • Thin Plate Spline
      • Two Dimensional Finite Plate Spline
      • Spring Attachments and Interpolation Smoothing
    • Guidelines
    • Spline Metrics
  •  Results Interface via XDB
    • XDB Output
  •  Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Databases
    •  Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Databases
      • Paths
      • Aerodynamic Database
      • Aeroelastic Database
      • Inputs and Outputs
      • Guidelines and Limitations
      • Examples
  •  Static Aeroelastic Analysis
    • Introduction
    • Aeroelastic Matrices
    •  Aeroelastic Solutions
      • Restrained Analysis (Displacements Relative to )
      • Restrained Stability Derivatives from the Unit Solutions
      • Unrestrained Analysis and Stability Derivatives (Displacements Relative to Mean Axis)
      • Recovery of Unit Solutions to the a-set and to the k-set
      • Distributed Force Increments from Unit Solutions
    •  Printed Output
      • Stability Derivatives and Hinge Moment Coefficients
      • HP and HP0 Matrices
      • Trim Results and Control Surface Limits
      • Pressure and Forces on the Aerodynamic Elements
  •  Aero Mesh Interface File Format
    • Introduction
    •  Definition of an Aerodynamic Mesh Interface File (AMIF)
      • General Rules
    • AMIF Format and Reading
    • Sample AMI File
  •  References
    • References

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