If you are writing a paper that uses, improves, or compares to OpenVSP and need to reference it, please cite this paper:

Robert A. McDonald and James R. Gloudemans. “Open Vehicle Sketch Pad: An Open Source Parametric Geometry and Analysis Tool for Conceptual Aircraft Design,” AIAA 2022-0004. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. January 2022.DOI:10.2514/6.2022-0004 Preprint

This publication list is very incomplete. Please take no offense to omissions – please help out and add them.

Papers that have introduced and defined OpenVSP, and its predecessors VSP, and RAM (Rapid Aircraft Modeler). These are the authoritative references for each generation of this tool.

• Robert A. McDonald and James R. Gloudemans. “Open Vehicle Sketch Pad: An Open Source Parametric Geometry and Analysis Tool for Conceptual Aircraft Design,” AIAA 2022-0004. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. January 2022.DOI:10.2514/6.2022-0004 Preprint

• Hahn, A., “Vehicle Sketch Pad: Parametric Geometry for Conceptual Aircraft Design”, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan 4 - 7 2010, AIAA-2010-657. DOI:10.2514/6.2010-657

• Gloudemans, J. R., Davis, P. C., and Gelhausen, P. A., “A Rapid Geometry Modeler for Conceptual Aircraft”, 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-1996-52, Jan. 15-18 1996. DOI:10.2514/6.1996-52

Papers that discuss modifications or improvements to OpenVSP, VSP, or RAM. These papers are specific deep-dives on particular new features and capabilities.

• McDonald, Robert A. “Advanced Modeling in OpenVSP.” 16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference. 2016. DOI:10.2514/6.2016-3282

• McDonald, Robert A. “Interactive Reconstruction of 3D Models in the OpenVSP Parametric Geometry Tool.” 53rd AIAA aerospace sciences meeting. 2015. DOI:10.2514/6.2015-1014

• Gary, Alex M., and Robert A. McDonald. “Parametric Identification of Surface Regions in OpenVSP for Improved Engineering Analysis.” 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2015. DOI:10.2514/6.2015-1016

• Gloudemans, J. R. and McDonald, R. A., “User Defined Components in the OpenVSP Parametric Geometry Tool,” AIAA 2015-2547, 15th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Dallas, TX, 22-26 June 2015.DOI:10.2514/6.2015-2547

• Waddington, Michael, and Robert A. McDonald. “Development of an Interactive Wave Drag Capability for the OpenVSP Parametric Geometry Tool.” 15th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference. 2015.DOI:10.2514/6.2015-2548

• Belben, J. B. and McDonald, R. A., “Enabling Rapid Conceptual Design Using Geometry-Based Multi-Fidelity Models in VSP,” No. AIAA 2013-0328, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Grapevine, TX, 7-10 January 2013.DOI:10.2514/6.2013-328

• Russell Denney, Jonathan Gladin, Jimmy Tai and Dimitri Mavris. “Propulsion Systems Modeling with Vehicle Sketch Pad,” AIAA 2013-224. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2013. DOI:10.2514/6.2013-224

• Denney, R., Tai, J., Mavris, D., “Parametric Geometry for Propulsion-Airframe Integration”, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 2012, AIAA-2012-548. DOI:10.2514/6.2012-548

• Link, M., Ko, A., Gelhausen, P., “Modification of Vehicle Sketch Pad for the Hybrid Wing Body Concept”, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4-7, 2011, AIAA-2011-359. DOI:10.2514/6.2011-359

• Gloudemans, J. R., McDonald, R., “Improved Geometry Modeling for High Fidelity Parametric Design”, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2010-659. DOI:10.2514/6.2010-659

Papers that use OpenVSP, VSP, or RAM to help solve their problem. OpenVSP may play a prominent role in the work, or may only be a small piece of the puzzle.

• Gustavo Luiz Olichevis Halila, Leandro Neves Pedreiro, Eduardo Silveira Molina and Marcos Cesar Savio. “Efficient Aerodynamic Analysis for Propeller Aircraft Including Viscous Effects,” AIAA 2022-0429. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. January 2022.DOI:10.2514/6.2022-0429

• Cibin Joseph, Ranjith Mohan, “A Parallel, Object-oriented Framework for Unsteady Free-wake Analysis of Multi-rotor/wing Systems”, Computers & Fluids, Volume 215, 2021, ISSN 0045-7930. DOI:10.1016/j.compfluid.2020.104788

• Jeffrey J. Berton, Dennis L. Huff, Karl Geiselhart and Jonathan Seidel. “Supersonic Technology Concept Aeroplanes for Environmental Studies,” AIAA 2020-0263. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. January 2020.DOI:10.2514/6.2020-0263

• Van Dommelen, Dennis, Adam D'Silva, and Willem A. Anemaat. “Comparison of Methods to Predict Aerodynamic Center Shift due to Bodies.” AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum. 2019. DOI:10.2514/6.2019-3569

• Ahuja, Vivek, Imon Chakraborty, and Roy J. Hartfield. “Aero-Propulsive Analysis for Contemporary Conceptual Design.” AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum. 2019.DOI:10.2514/6.2019-3019

• Neale A. Watson, Mark White, Ieuan Owen, “Modelling the Effect of Unsteady Turbulent Wakes on a Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Aircraft”, AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum, AIAA-2019-3244, DOI:10.2514/6.2019-3244.

• Sargent, Pierson B., and Willem A. Anemaat. “Benchmarking a Robust Panel Code for Ducted Fan VTOL Aircraft Design.” 2018 Applied Aerodynamics Conference. 2018.DOI:10.2514/6.2018-4212

• Segui, Marine M., et al. “Design, development and validation of a Cessna Citation X aerodynamic model using openVSP software.” 2018 Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. 2018. DOI:10.2514/6.2018-3256

• Sandoz, Bryan, Vivek Ahuja, and Roy J. Hartfield. “Longitudinal Aerodynamic Characteristics of a V/STOL Tilt-wing Four-propeller Transport Model using a Surface Vorticity Flow Solver.” 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2018. DOI:10.2514/6.2018-2070

• Vivekanand Mukhopadhyay, Mark L. McMillin and Thomas A. Ozoroski. “Structural Configuration Analysis of Advanced Flight Vehicle Concepts with Distributed Hybrid-Electric Propulsion,” AIAA 2018-1747. 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. January 2018.DOI:10.2514/6.2018-1747

• Falk Goetten, Marc Havermann, Carsten Braun, Francisco Gómez and Cees Bil. “On the Applicability of Empirical Drag Estimation Methods for Unmanned Air Vehicle Design,” AIAA 2018-3192. 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference. June 2018.DOI:10.2514/6.2018-3192

• Jason Welstead, Peter C. Frederic, Michael A. Frederick, Steven R. Jacobson and Jeffrey J. Berton. “Cost-Driven Design of a Large Scale X-Plane,” AIAA 2017-1388. 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. January 2017. DOI:10.2514/6.2017-1388

• Winter, Tyler, Brynne Coleman, and Henry Pernicka. “Development of a multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization toolset for integrated spacecraft subsystem models.” 17th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. 2016. DOI:10.2514/6.2016-3363

• Olson, Erik D. “Three-Dimensional Modeling of Aircraft High-Lift Components with Vehicle Sketch Pad.” 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2016. DOI:10.2514/6.2016-1274

• Olson, Erik D., and Cindy W. Albertson. “Aircraft High-Lift Aerodynamic Analysis Using a Surface-Vorticity Solver.” 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2016. DOI:10.2514/6.2016-0779

• Welstead, Jason, and James L. Felder. “Conceptual Design of a Single-aisle Turboelectric Commercial Transport with Fuselage Boundary Layer Ingestion.” 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2016.DOI:10.2514/6.2016-1027

• Michael C. Henson and Bo Wang. “Efficient Methods for Design And Analysis of Tow Steered Wing Structures,” AIAA 2017-1304. 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. January 2017. DOI:10.2514/6.2017-1304

• Gavin K. Ananda and Michael S. Selig. “Stall/Post-Stall Modeling of the Longitudinal Characteristics of a General Aviation Aircraft,” AIAA 2016-3541. AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference. June 2016.DOI:10.2514/6.2016-3541

• Jonathan Byrne, Philip Cardiff, Anthony Brabazon, Michael O׳Neill, “Evolving parametric aircraft models for design exploration and optimisation”, Neurocomputing, Available online 6 May 2014, ISSN 0925-2312, DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2014.04.004 .

• Gary, A. M. and McDonald, R. A., “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Propulsion Airframe Integration While Matching Lift Distribution”, No. AIAA 2014-0533, National Harbor, MD, 13-17 January 2014. DOI:10.2514/6.2014-0553

• Hahn, Andrew. “Open Vehicle Sketch Pad Aircraft Modeling Strategies.” 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 2013.DOI:10.2514/6.2013-331

• Petrilli, Justin L., et al. “A CFD database for airfoils and wings at post-stall angles of attack.” 31st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. 2013. DOI:10.2514/6.2013-2916

• Böhnke, Daniel, et al. “Towards a collaborative and integrated set of open tools for aircraft design.” 51st AIAA aerospace sciences meeting including the new horizons forum and aerospace exposition. 2013. DOI:10.2514/6.2013-222

• Armand Chaput. “Vehicle Sketch Pad Structural Analysis Module Capability Update,” AIAA 2013-223. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2013.DOI:10.2514/6.2013-223

• Chaput, A., Rizo-Patron, S., “Vehicle Sketch Pad Structural Analysis Module Enhancements for Wing Design”, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 2012, AIAA-2012-546. DOI:10.2514/6.2012-546

• Hahn, A., “Application of Cart3D to Complex Propulsion-Airframe Integration with Vehicle Sketch Pad”, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nashville, TN, 2012, AIAA-2012-547. DOI:10.2514/6.2012-547

• William Londenberg, Ernie Keen and Paul Gelhausen. “Development of a Conceptual Aerodynamic Analysis Tool - AVID APEX,” AIAA 2012-685. 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2012.DOI:10.2514/6.2012-685

• Sharon Padula, Jay Robinson and Lloyd Eldred. “Structural Analysis in a Conceptual Design Framework,” AIAA 2012-1753. 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference. April 2012.DOI:10.2514/6.2012-1753

• Chaput, A., Akay, E., Rizo-Patron, S., “Vehicle Sketch Pad (VSP) Structural Layout Tool” 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4-7, 2011, AIAA-2011-357. DOI:10.2514/6.2011-357

• Ordaz, I., “Conversion of Component-Based Point Definition to VSP Model and Higher-Order Meshing”, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4-7, 2011, AIAA-2011-358. DOI:10.2514/6.2011-358

• Irian Ordaz and Wu Li. “Integration of Off-Track Sonic Boom Analysis in Conceptual Design of Supersonic Aircraft,” AIAA 2011-464. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2011.DOI:10.2514/6.2011-464

• Wells, D., Olson, E., “Hybrid Wing Body Planform Design with Vehicle Sketch Pad”, 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan. 4-7, 2011, AIAA-2011-360. DOI:10.2514/6.2011-360

• Gur, O., Bhatia, M., Mason, W.H. et al. Development of a framework for truss-braced wing conceptual MDO. Struct Multidisc Optim 44, 277–298 (2011). DOI:10.1007/s00158-010-0612-9

• William Fredericks, Kevin Antcliff, Guillermo Costa, Nachiket Deshpande, Mark Moore, Edric San Miguel and Alison Snyder. “Aircraft Conceptual Design Using Vehicle Sketch Pad,” AIAA 2010-658. 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2010. DOI:10.2514/6.2010-658

• Irian Ordaz and Sriram Rallabhandi. “Boom Minimization Framework for Supersonic Aircraft Using CFD Analysis,” AIAA 2010-1506. 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2010. DOI:10.2514/6.2010-1506

• Jeffrey Berton and Mark Guynn. “Multi-Objective Optimization of Turbofan Design Parameters for an Advanced, Single-Aisle Transport,” AIAA 2010-9168. 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference. September 2010.DOI:10.2514/6.2010-9168

• Jeffrey Berton, Edmane Envia and Casey Burley. “An Analytical Assessment of NASA's N+1 Subsonic Fixed Wing Project Noise Goal,” AIAA 2009-3144. 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (30th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference). May 2009.DOI:10.2514/6.2009-3144

• Sriram Rallabhandi and Dimitri Mavris. “Simultaneous Airframe and Propulsion Cycle Optimization for Supersonic Aircraft Design,” AIAA 2008-143. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. January 2008.DOI:10.2514/6.2008-143

• Blake Moffitt, Thomas Bradley, David Parekh and Dimitri Mavris. “Design and Performance Validation of a Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” AIAA 2006-823. 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. January 2006.DOI:10.2514/6.2006-823

• Mark Guynn, Mark Croom, Stephen Smith, Robert Parks and Paul Gelhausen. “Evolution of a Mars Airplane Concept for the ARES Mars Scout Mission,” AIAA 2003-6578. 2nd AIAA “Unmanned Unlimited” Conf. and Workshop & Exhibit. September 2003. DOI:10.2514/6.2003-6578

• Robert McDonald and Dimitri Mavris. “Formulation, realization, and demonstration of a process to generate aerodynamic metamodels for hypersonic cruise vehicle design,” AIAA 2000-5559. 2000 World Aviation Conference. October 2000.DOI:10.2514/6.2000-5559

• D. Kinney, A. Hahn and P. Gelhausen. “Comparison of low and high nacelle subsonic transport configurations,” AIAA 1997-2318. 15th Applied Aerodynamics Conference. June 1997.DOI:10.2514/6.1997-2318

• D. Kinney, M. Hafez and P. Gelhausen. “Unstructured full potential analysis of a low-wing transport with nacelles,” AIAA 1996-2376. 14th Applied Aerodynamics Conference. June 1996. DOI:10.2514/6.1996-2376

• Gelhausen, P. A. and Moore, M. D., “Overview of ACSYNT for Light Aircraft Design,” General, Corporate & Regional Aviation Meeting & Exposition, SAE International, May 1995. DOI:10.4271/951159

Papers that do not use OpenVSP, VSP, or RAM, but they do reference them as a point of comparison or to present an alternative approach.

• Halit E. Uzun. “An Automated Modeling And Meshing Tool For Helicopter Rotor Design,” AIAA 2022-1964. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. January 2022. DOI:10.2514/6.2022-1964

• Miguel Rodriguez-Segade Alonso, Santiago Hernandez and Jacobo Díaz. “An extensible highly parametric open-source wingbox generation framework,” AIAA 2022-0320. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. January 2022.DOI:10.2514/6.2022-0320

• Mehdi Ghoreyshi, Adam Jirasek, Steven Brandt, Ryan Osteroos and Russell Cummings. “From Spreadsheets to Simulation-Based Aircraft Conceptual Design,” AIAA 2012-393. 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. January 2012.DOI:10.2514/6.2012-393

• Ohad Gur, William Mason and Joseph Schetz. “Full Configuration Drag Estimation,” AIAA 2009-4109. 27th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. June 2009.DOI:10.2514/6.2009-4109

• David Rodriguez and Peter Sturdza. “A Rapid Geometry Engine for Preliminary Aircraft Design,” AIAA 2006-929. 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. January 2006.DOI:10.2514/6.2006-929

• Eric Charlton, Kenneth Powell, Eric Charlton and Kenneth Powell. “An octree solution to conservation laws over arbitrary regions (OSCAR),” AIAA 1997-198. 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. January 1997.DOI:10.2514/6.1997-198