Discover DUST
A flexible approach to mid-fidelity aerodynamics
About DUST
DUST is a novel, flexible solution to aerodynamics problems. Started as a collaboration between A^3 by Airbus and the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano, it is meant to deliver affordable and reliable solutions of aerodynamics problems on complex configurations.
Focused on scalability and flexibility in the input, geometry definition, movement, and solution phase, DUST allows the user to analyze diverse configurations with increasing and scalable levels of fidelity.
DUST is free and open-source, released under the MIT License.
Next Generation Ready
Tailored for complex E-VTOL configurations
Cite Us!
To acknowledge our work please cite the following paper:
Tugnoli, M., Montagnani, D., Syal, M., Droandi, G., & Zanotti, A. (2021). Mid-fidelity approach to aerodynamic simulations of unconventional VTOL aircraft configurations. Aerospace Science and Technology, 115, 106804.
If you are using the aeroelastic version of DUST coupled to the multibody software MBDyn:
Savino, A., Cocco, A., Zanotti, A., Tugnoli, M., Masarati, P., & Muscarello, V. (2021). Coupling mid-fidelity aerodynamics and multibody dynamics for the aeroelastic analysis of rotary-wing vehicles. Energies, 14(21), 6979.