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% 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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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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