.. _python_API_forces_and_moments:

.. currentmodule:: flow360

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Forces & Moments
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Compute and analyze aerodynamic forces and moments, essential for evaluating performance characteristics of your simulated geometries. Flow360 provides efficient tools for force integration across surfaces.

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    .. grid-item-card:: ⚖️ Force Computation
        :link: forces
        :link-type: doc
        
        Learn how to extract and analyze force and moment coefficients from simulation results.

Key Capabilities
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* Total force and moment integration
* Component-wise force breakdown
* Time-history analysis for unsteady simulations
* Surface-specific force extraction
* Coefficient calculation in various reference frames

.. toctree::
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   forces