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flightgear/LaRCsim/ls_constants.h
1997-05-29 00:09:51 +00:00

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/***************************************************************************
TITLE: ls_constants.h
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FUNCTION: LaRCSim constants definition header file
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MODULE STATUS: developmental
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GENEALOGY: Created 15 DEC 1993 by Bruce Jackson; was part of
old ls_eom.h header file
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DESIGNED BY: B. Jackson
CODED BY: B. Jackson
MAINTAINED BY: guess who
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MODIFICATION HISTORY:
DATE PURPOSE BY
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REFERENCES:
[ 1] McFarland, Richard E.: "A Standard Kinematic Model
for Flight Simulation at NASA-Ames", NASA CR-2497,
January 1975
[ 2] ANSI/AIAA R-004-1992 "Recommended Practice: Atmos-
pheric and Space Flight Vehicle Coordinate Systems",
February 1992
[ 3] Beyer, William H., editor: "CRC Standard Mathematical
Tables, 28th edition", CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1987,
ISBN 0-8493-0628-0
[ 4] Dowdy, M. C.; Jackson, E. B.; and Nichols, J. H.:
"Controls Analysis and Simulation Test Loop Environ-
ment (CASTLE) Programmer's Guide, Version 1.3",
NATC TM 89-11, 30 March 1989.
[ 5] Halliday, David; and Resnick, Robert: "Fundamentals
of Physics, Revised Printing", Wiley and Sons, 1974.
ISBN 0-471-34431-1
[ 6] Anon: "U. S. Standard Atmosphere, 1962"
[ 7] Anon: "Aeronautical Vest Pocket Handbook, 17th edition",
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group, Dec. 1977
[ 8] Stevens, Brian L.; and Lewis, Frank L.: "Aircraft
Control and Simulation", Wiley and Sons, 1992.
ISBN 0-471-61397-5
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#ifndef CONSTANTS
#define CONSTANTS -1
/* Define application-wide macros */
#define PATHNAME "LARCSIMPATH"
#ifndef NIL_POINTER
#define NIL_POINTER 0L
#endif
/* Define constants (note: many factors will need to change for other
systems of measure) */
/* Value of Pi from ref [3] */
#define PI 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939967511
/* Value of earth radius from [8], ft */
#define EQUATORIAL_RADIUS 20925650.
#define RESQ 437882827922500.
/* Value of earth flattening parameter from ref [8]
Note: FP = f
E = 1-f
EPS = sqrt(1-(1-f)^2) */
#define FP .003352813178
#define E .996647186
#define EPS .081819221
#define INVG .031080997
/* linear velocity of earth at equator from w*R; w=2pi/24 hrs, in ft/sec */
#define OMEGA_EARTH .00007272205217
/* miscellaneous units conversions (ref [7]) */
#define V_TO_KNOTS 0.5921
#define DEG_TO_RAD 0.017453292
#define RAD_TO_DEG 57.29577951
#define FT_TO_METERS 0.3048
#define METERS_TO_FT 3.2808
#define K_TO_R 1.8
#define R_TO_K 0.55555556
#define NSM_TO_PSF 0.02088547
#define PSF_TO_NSM 47.8801826
#define KCM_TO_SCF 0.00194106
#define SCF_TO_KCM 515.183616
/* ENGLISH Atmospheric reference properties [6] */
#define SEA_LEVEL_DENSITY 0.002376888
#endif
/*------------------------- end of ls_constants.h -------------------------*/