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flightgear/src/FDM/YASim/Propeller.cpp

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#include "Atmosphere.hpp"
#include "Math.hpp"
#include "Propeller.hpp"
namespace yasim {
Propeller::Propeller(float radius, float v, float omega,
float rho, float power, float omega0,
float power0)
{
// Initialize numeric constants:
_lambdaPeak = Math::pow(9.0, -1.0/8.0);
_beta = 1.0/(Math::pow(9.0, -1.0/8.0) - Math::pow(9.0, -9.0/8.0));
_r = radius;
_etaC = 0.85; // make this settable?
_J0 = v/(omega*_lambdaPeak);
float V2 = v*v + (_r*omega)*(_r*omega);
_F0 = 2*_etaC*power/(rho*v*V2);
float stallAngle = 0.25;
_lambdaS = _r*(_J0/_r - stallAngle) / _J0;
// Now compute a correction for zero forward speed to make the
// takeoff performance correct.
float torque0 = power0/omega0;
float thrust, torque;
_takeoffCoef = 1;
calc(Atmosphere::getStdDensity(0), 0, omega0, &thrust, &torque);
_takeoffCoef = torque/torque0;
}
void Propeller::calc(float density, float v, float omega,
float* thrustOut, float* torqueOut)
{
float tipspd = _r*omega;
float V2 = v*v + tipspd*tipspd;
// Clamp v (forward velocity) to zero, now that we've used it to
// calculate V (propeller "speed")
if(v < 0) v = 0;
float J = v/omega;
float lambda = J/_J0;
float torque = 0;
if(lambda > 1) {
lambda = 1.0/lambda;
torque = (density*V2*_F0*_J0)/(8*_etaC*_beta*(1-_lambdaPeak));
}
// There's an undefined point at 1. Just offset by a tiny bit to
// fix (note: the discontinuity is at EXACTLY one, this is about
// the only time in history you'll see me use == on a floating
// point number!)
if(lambda == 1) lambda = 0.9999;
// Compute thrust, remembering to clamp lambda to the stall point
float lambda2 = lambda < _lambdaS ? _lambdaS : lambda;
float thrust = (0.5*density*V2*_F0/(1-_lambdaPeak))*(1-lambda2);
// Calculate lambda^8
float l8 = lambda*lambda; l8 = l8*l8; l8 = l8*l8;
// thrust/torque ratio
float gamma = (_etaC*_beta/_J0)*(1-l8);
// Correct slow speeds to get the takeoff parameters correct
if(lambda < _lambdaPeak) {
// This will interpolate takeoffCoef along a descending from 1
// at lambda==0 to 0 at the peak, fairing smoothly into the
// flat peak.
float frac = (lambda - _lambdaPeak)/_lambdaPeak;
gamma *= 1 + (_takeoffCoef - 1)*frac*frac;
}
if(torque > 0) {
torque -= thrust/gamma;
thrust = -thrust;
} else {
torque = thrust/gamma;
}
*thrustOut = thrust;
*torqueOut = torque;
}
}; // namespace yasim