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% Design a reaction wheel to meet input requirements.
Each input has a corresponding input d.units.name which contains
the units in a string.
Type ReactionWheelDesign for a demo.
Since version 8.
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Form:
[thickness, inertia, torque, mass] = ReactionWheelDesign( d )
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Inputs
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d (1,1) Data structure
.radius (1,1) Allowable wheel radius (m)
.wheelSpeed (1,1) Allowable wheel speed (rad/s)
.h (1,1) Maximum momentum storage (Nms)
.density (1,1) Density of wheel material (kg/m^3)
.dhdt (1,1) Maximum momentum change (Nm)
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Outputs
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thickness (1,1) Wheel thickness (m)
inertia (1,1) Wheel polar inertia (Nm^2)
torque (1,1) Wheel torque (Nm)
mass (1,1) Wheel mass (kg)
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