#include #include "Atmosphere.hpp" #include "Math.hpp" #include "Propeller.hpp" namespace yasim { Propeller::Propeller(float radius, float v, float omega, float rho, float power) { // Initialize numeric constants: _lambdaPeak = Math::pow(5.0, -1.0/4.0); _beta = 1.0/(Math::pow(5.0, -1.0/4.0) - Math::pow(5.0, -5.0/4.0)); _r = radius; _etaC = 0.85; // make this settable? _J0 = v/(omega*_lambdaPeak); _baseJ0 = _J0; float V2 = v*v + (_r*omega)*(_r*omega); _F0 = 2*_etaC*power/(rho*v*V2); _matchTakeoff = false; } void Propeller::setTakeoff(float omega0, float power0) { // Takeoff thrust coefficient at lambda==0 _matchTakeoff = true; float V2 = _r*omega0 * _r*omega0; float gamma = _etaC * _beta / _J0; float torque = power0 / omega0; float density = Atmosphere::getStdDensity(0); _tc0 = (torque * gamma) / (0.5 * density * V2 * _F0); } void Propeller::modPitch(float mod) { _J0 *= mod; if(_J0 < 0.25*_baseJ0) _J0 = 0.25*_baseJ0; if(_J0 > 4*_baseJ0) _J0 = 4*_baseJ0; } 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)/(4*_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; // Calculate lambda^4 float l4 = lambda*lambda; l4 = l4*l4; // thrust/torque ratio float gamma = (_etaC*_beta/_J0)*(1-l4); // Compute a thrust, clamp to takeoff thrust to prevend huge // numbers at slow speeds. float tc = (1 - lambda) / (1 - _lambdaPeak); if(_matchTakeoff && tc > _tc0) tc = _tc0; float thrust = 0.5 * density * V2 * _F0 * tc; if(torque > 0) { torque -= thrust/gamma; thrust = -thrust; } else { torque = thrust/gamma; } *thrustOut = thrust; *torqueOut = torque; } }; // namespace yasim