AirshipTrimAnalysis:
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Compute the trim controls for an airship at a range of flight conditions
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Form:
data = AirshipTrimAnalysis( data )
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Inputs
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data (.) Data structure generated by the function,
"GenerateAirshipAeroMats", with fields:
- name
- xo: x-location of origin [m]
- h: altitude [m]
- theta: flight path angle [rad]
- alpha: angle of attack (1xM vector) [rad]
- V: velocity (1xN vector) [m/s]
- Fx: force in x-direction (MxN matrix) [N]
- Fz: force in z-direction (MxN matrix) [N]
- My: moment about y-axis (MxN matrix) [Nm]
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Outputs
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data (.) New data structure. Copy of input with additional fields:
- T: Trim thrust value (MxN matrix) [N]
- mu: Trim thrust pitch angle (MxN matrix) [rad]
- dELV: Trim elevator deflection (MxN matrix) [rad]
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See also GenerateAirshipAeroMats, BuildAirshipModel
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Children:
Airships: Analysis/GenerateAirshipAeroMats
Airships: Mass/BuildAirshipMassModel
Airships: Modeling/BuildAirshipModel
Common: Atmosphere/StdAtm
Common: Graphics/NewFig