F-16-and-Boeing-787-Wind-Tunnel-Testing

A data analysis project for determining the landing speed, performance, and stability characteristics of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Software developed with Matlab, used for analysis of the experimental data taken for each model.

Data Collection

All data was collected by undergraduate students in a low-speed wind tunnel provided by the University of Colorado Boulder. Models for the Boeing 787 (clean), F-16 (clean), and F-16 (dirty) were provided by ITLL Staff and the Aerospace Engineering department for experimental use.

Model Configurations

• The F-16 Dirty model includes external fuel stores, weaponry, and other military add-ons that are considered part of the "combat design"
• The F-16 clean and Boeing 787 clean models do not include any extra add-ons and are considered the "stock design"

Running the Code

To run the experimental code, run the "ExpLab1_Group29" main script. See Running the Code

All other functions will be called from this script, and will load in the appropriate data automatically. Make sure data folder is downloaded with this project to load all experimental data taken for this experiment.