From 50598f45e10f823d0b9487f7b803a41ab79a02b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristina Mazur <kristina.mazur@tum.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:29:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Include release notes
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mkdocs.yml | 1 +
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+### 🚀 Version 0.5.0 - 2025-02-28
+
+!!! note
+ 🎉 First official release of UNICADO!
+
+#### 🛠 Features
+
+- Open source code in C++ and Python of conceptual aircraft design and assessment tools, custom libraries, additional tools, and workflow
+- Clean sheet design, parameter studies and calibrations possible in UNICADO workflow
+- Example design of an short/medium range aircraft with HTML reports
+
+| Parameter | Value | Unit |
+| -------------------- | ------ | ---- |
+| Maximum takeoff mass | 78910 | kg |
+| Operating empty mass | 44664 | kg |
+| Maximum useable fuel | 657977 | MJ |
+| Numbers of iteration | 5 (+1) | |
+
+#### 📌 Parameter studies results
+Following top-level aircraft parameter studies were successful and showed reasonable results:
+
+- Number of passenger, passenger & cargo mass
+- Required takeoff and landing length & approach speed
+- Design mission: range, initial cruise mach number and altitude, maximum operating mach number, delta ISA
+- Friction and braking coefficient
+- Fuselage type (single and wide body), different class distributions as well as undercarriage retractability
+- Different engine positions and numbers
+
+!!! important
+ Parameter studies of tool setting are in progress and will be updated on the website asap
+
+#### ⭐ Upcoming in next release
+
+- Implementation of existing geometry usage
+- Implementation of CPACS interface
+- Improvement of optimization framework integration in UNICADO workflow
+
+Known issues are in the GitLab 🐞 Issue board: [Link](https://git.rwth-aachen.de/groups/unicado/-/issues)
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
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@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ nav: # Customizes the main navigation struc
- Getting Started: download/getting-started.md # Link to the getting started page.
- Requirements: download/requirements.md # Link to the installation requirements page.
- Cleared for Take-Off: download/takeoff.md # Link to the takeoff/getting started page.
+ - Release notes: download/release-notes.md # Link to the release notes page.
- Tutorials:
- Standalone Workflow: tutorials/standalone.md # Link to the standalone tutorial page.
- Separate Tool Execution: tutorials/seperate-tool-execution.md # Link to the separate tool execution tutorial page.
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