This is a rework of the parts of PR #766 related to railbutton aerodynamics.

Drag calculations should be reasonably accurate up to transonic speeds
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JoePfeiffer 2022-12-14 13:40:10 -07:00
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commit 5c811e0c41
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package net.sf.openrocket.aerodynamics.barrowman;
import net.sf.openrocket.aerodynamics.AerodynamicForces;
import net.sf.openrocket.aerodynamics.FlightConditions;
import net.sf.openrocket.aerodynamics.WarningSet;
import net.sf.openrocket.rocketcomponent.RailButton;
import net.sf.openrocket.rocketcomponent.RocketComponent;
import net.sf.openrocket.util.MathUtil;
import net.sf.openrocket.util.Transformation;
public class RailButtonCalc extends RocketComponentCalc {
private double refArea;
public RailButtonCalc(RocketComponent component) {
super(component);
final RailButton button = (RailButton) component;
final double outerArea = button.getTotalHeight() * button.getOuterDiameter();
final double notchArea = (button.getOuterDiameter() - button.getInnerDiameter()) * button.getInnerHeight();
refArea = (outerArea - notchArea) * button.getInstanceCount();
}
@Override
public double calculateFrictionCD(FlightConditions conditions, double componentCf, WarningSet warnings) {
// very small relative surface area, and slick
return 0.0;
}
@Override
public void calculateNonaxialForces(FlightConditions conditions, Transformation transform,
AerodynamicForces forces, WarningSet warnings) {
// Nothing to be done
}
@Override
public double calculatePressureCD(FlightConditions conditions,
double stagnationCD, double baseCD, WarningSet warnings) {
// this is reasonably close for Reynolds numbers roughly 10e4 to 2*10e5, which takes us to low supersonic speeds.
// see Hoerner p. 3-9 fig 12, we summarizes a bunch of sources
// I expect we'll have compressibility effects having an impact well below that, so this is probably good up
// to the transonic regime.
double CDmul = 1.2;
return CDmul*stagnationCD * refArea / conditions.getRefArea();
}
}

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@ -207,12 +207,6 @@ public class RailButton extends ExternalComponent implements AnglePositionable,
clearPreset();
fireComponentChangeEvent(ComponentChangeEvent.BOTH_CHANGE);
}
@Override
public boolean isAerodynamic(){
// TODO: implement aerodynamics
return false;
}
@Override
public double getAngleOffset(){