CLCDFreeMolecular:

Path: ACPro/ACProAerodynamics

% Computes the CL and CD for free molecular flow.
 If tA is entered, it will use Maxwellian. It has built in sigmaN and
 sigmaT.
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   Form:
   CLCDFreeMolecular( v, m, tW, beta, tA, sigmaN, sigmaT )
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   Inputs
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   v      	(1,1) Velocity  (m/sec)
   m      	(1,1) Mean molecular weight
   tW    	(1,1) Plate data structure
   beta  	(1,:) Angle between the plate and the flow
   tA    	(1,1) Atmospheric Temperature
   sigmaN	(1,:) Normal accommodation coefficients
   sigmaT	(1,:) Tangential accommodation coefficients

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   Outputs
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   cL    	(1,:) Lift coefficient
   cD      (1,:) Drag coefficient

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   Reference:  Storch, J.A., "Aerodynamic Disturbances on Spacecraft in
               Free-Molecular Flow," October 2002, SMC-TR-03-06.
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Children:

AC: ACData/ACTConstants
AerospaceUtils: AtmosphericCalculations/AtmTemp
SC: Environs/MolWt2R
SC: SCData/sCTConstants
Common: CommonData/Constants
Common: CommonData/SwooshWatermark
Common: CommonData/xSplashSmall
Common: Database/Constant
Common: General/CellToMat
Common: General/DeleteCell
Common: General/MatToCell
Common: General/Watermark
Common: Graphics/NewFig
Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Common: Graphics/PltStyle

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