----- Copyright (C) 2004 David P. Culp (davidculp2@comcast.net) --------------
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
- the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
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+ FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
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+ Further information about the GNU Lesser General Public License can also be found on
the world wide web at http://www.gnu.org.
HISTORY
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#include "FGEngine.h"
-#include <input_output/FGXMLElement.h>
+#include "input_output/FGXMLElement.h"
/*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
DEFINITIONS
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-#define ID_ELECTRIC "$Id$";
+#define ID_ELECTRIC "$Id: FGElectric.h,v 1.11 2011/07/28 12:48:19 jberndt Exp $";
/*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
FORWARD DECLARATIONS
CLASS DOCUMENTATION
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-/** Models and electric motor.
+/** Models an electric motor.
FGElectric models an electric motor based on the configuration file
- POWER_WATTS parameter. The throttle controls motor output linearly from
- zero to POWER_WATTS. This power value (converted internally to horsepower)
- is then used by FGPropeller to apply torque to the propeller.
+ \<power> parameter. The throttle controls motor output linearly from
+ zero to \<power>. This power value (converted internally to horsepower)
+ is then used by FGPropeller to apply torque to the propeller. At present
+ there is no battery model available, so this motor does not consume any
+ energy. There is no internal friction.
@author David Culp
- @version "$Id$"
+ @version "$Id: FGElectric.h,v 1.11 2011/07/28 12:48:19 jberndt Exp $"
*/
/*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
{
public:
/// Constructor
- FGElectric(FGFDMExec* exec, Element *el, int engine_number);
+ FGElectric(FGFDMExec* exec, Element *el, int engine_number, FGEngine::Inputs& input);
/// Destructor
~FGElectric();
- double Calculate(void);
- double GetPowerAvailable(void) {return PowerAvailable;}
- double CalcFuelNeed(void);
+ void Calculate(void);
+ double GetPowerAvailable(void) {return (HP * hptoftlbssec);}
double getRPM(void) {return RPM;}
- string GetEngineLabels(string delimeter);
- string GetEngineValues(string delimeter);
+ std::string GetEngineLabels(const std::string& delimiter);
+ std::string GetEngineValues(const std::string& delimiter);
private:
- double BrakeHorsePower;
- double PowerAvailable;
+ double CalcFuelNeed(void);
- // timestep
- double dt;
+ double BrakeHorsePower;
// constants
double hptowatts;
double PowerWatts; // maximum engine power
double RPM; // revolutions per minute
- double HP;
+ double HP; // engine output, in horsepower
void Debug(int from);
};