A software tool for manipulating and converting aerodynamic models in the Dynamic Aerospace Vehicle Exchange Markup Language (DAVE-ML) format has been approved for release as NASA Open Source software.
DAVE-ML, a grammar based on the standard Extensible Markup Language (XML), provides a single data source file for aerodynamic models used in flight simulations and dynamic analysis tools and codes. The grammar captures not only the data tables as in a traditional aero model source file but also encodes the algebraic build-up equations, provenance or history of the model, tracking of changes on a point-by-point basis, uncertainty, and verification checkcase data, all in a human- and machine-readable text format. Adoption of this format can save substantial amounts of human effort in rehosting simulation models originating from other sources such as industry partners. It is being evaluated by the AIAA as part of a proposed standard format for flight simulation models. DAVEtools, the newly released software product, is a Java-based utility package that allows verification, interactive evaluation, and translation of a DAVE-ML aero model into the proprietary Matlab/Simulink model format, a popular analysis engine. From Simulink, the model can be converted into C source code along with verification scripts. DAVEtools is intended to be expanded to export from DAVE-ML into other formats including directly into C, C++ or FORTRAN source code. Designation as NASA Open Source allows direct download from NASA web servers without requiring an executed license agreement and encourages collaborative improvements to the code. DAVEtools is available from the Dynamic Systems and Control Branch website, http://dscb.larc.nasa.gov/Products/index.html. More information about DAVE-ML in general is available at http://daveml.nasa.gov -- Bruce -- Bruce Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dynamic Systems & Control Branch 8 Langley Boulevard, MS 308 Research & Technology Directorate NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681 "Have a better life with flight simulation model standards: DAVE-ML" Help develop portable simulations: <http://daveml.nasa.gov>
