#ifndef _PROPELLER_HPP #define _PROPELLER_HPP namespace yasim { // A generic propeller model. See the TeX documentation for // implementation details, this is too hairy to explain in code // comments. class Propeller { public: // Initializes a propeller with the specified "cruise" numbers // for airspeed, RPM, power and air density, and two "takeoff" // numbers for RPM and power (with air speed and density being // zero and sea level). RPM values are in radians per second, of // course. Propeller(float radius, float v, float omega, float rho, float power); void setTakeoff(float omega0, float power0); void modPitch(float mod); void calc(float density, float v, float omega, float* thrustOut, float* torqueOut); private: float _r; // characteristic radius float _J0; // zero-thrust advance ratio float _baseJ0; // ... uncorrected for prop advance float _F0; // thrust coefficient float _etaC; // Peak efficiency float _lambdaPeak; // constant, ~0.759835; float _beta; // constant, ~1.48058; float _tc0; // thrust "coefficient" at takeoff bool _matchTakeoff; // Does _tc0 mean anything? }; }; // namespace yasim #endif // _PROPELLER_HPP