Header: FGAtmosphere.h
Author: Jon Berndt
+ Implementation of 1959 Standard Atmosphere added by Tony Peden
Date started: 11/24/98
------------- Copyright (C) 1999 Jon S. Berndt (jsb@hal-pc.org) -------------
HISTORY
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11/24/98 JSB Created
+07/23/99 TP Added implementation of 1959 Standard Atmosphere
+ Moved calculation of Mach number to FGTranslation
+
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SENTRY
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-#ifndef FGATMOSPHERE_H
-#define FGATMOSPHERE_H
+#ifndef FGAtmosphere_H
+#define FGAtmosphere_H
/*******************************************************************************
INCLUDES
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COMMENTS, REFERENCES, and NOTES
-*******************************************************************************/
-/**
-The equation used in this model was determined by a third order curve fit using
-Excel. The data is from the ICAO atmosphere model.
-@memo Models the atmosphere.
-@author Jon S. Berndt
-*/
-/*******************************************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+
+[1] Anderson, John D. "Introduction to Flight, Third Edition", McGraw-Hill,
+ 1989, ISBN 0-07-001641-0
+
+*******************************************************************************
CLASS DECLARATION
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+
using namespace std;
class FGAtmosphere : public FGModel
{
public:
- // ***************************************************************************
- /** @memo Constructor
- @param FGFDMExec* - a pointer to the "owning" FDM Executive
- */
- FGAtmosphere(FGFDMExec*);
- // ***************************************************************************
- /** @memo Destructor
- */
+ FGAtmosphere(FGFDMExec*);
~FGAtmosphere(void);
-
- // ***************************************************************************
- /** This must be called for each dt to execute the model algorithm */
bool Run(void);
- // ***************************************************************************
- /** @memo Returns the air density
- @return float air density in slugs/cubic foot
- */
inline float Getrho(void) {return rho;}
+ float CalcRho(float altitude);
+
+ inline float GetTemperature(void){return temperature;}
+ inline float GetDensity(void) {return density;} // use only after Run() has been called
+ inline float GetPressure(void) {return pressure;}
+ inline float GetSoundSpeed(void) {return soundspeed;}
+
+ float GetTemperature(float altitude); //Rankine, altitude in feet
+ float GetDensity(float altitude); //slugs/ft^3
+ float GetPressure(float altitude); //lbs/ft^2
+ float GetSoundSpeed(float altitude); //ft/s
protected:
private:
float rho;
+
+ float h;
+ float temperature;
+ float pressure;
+ float density;
+ float soundspeed;
+ void Calculate(void);
+
+
};
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