Design of a user-friendly software for aircraft performance estimation

This thesis is concerned with the analysis of aircraft performance as a part of an aircraft design. It is an essential process to analyse the aircraft performance to compare whether it is matching with the performance expected from the aircraft. In this study, Aircraft performance estimation software was developed using the easy-to-use MATLAB GUI interface. The goal of this software is to have user friendly and open source features which are two main features. Because these two features enable the software to include more students, researchers, innovators and engineers in the aircraft design process, which enhances the innovation of newly developed aircraft. The software development process covers the mathematical modelling, program development, and verification of results. The accuracy of the software is determined by comparison with known aircraft performance characteristics. The thesis findings are summarized in the discussion and conclusion section.