Path: ACPro/ACProAerodynamics
% Parasitic drag coefficient for a set of aircraft components.
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Form:
cP = ParasiticDragCoefficient( d )
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Inputs
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d (:) Array of data
.u (1,:) Velocity (m/s)
.h (1,:) Altitude (m)
.component
.type (1,:) 'fuselage', 'wing', 'nacelle'
.l (1,1) Length (m)
.d (1,1) Diameter (m)
.s (1,1) Surface area (m)
.q (1,1) Interference factor 0-1
.r (1,1) t/c for wings, L/D for all others
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Outputs
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cP (1,:) Parasitic drag coefficient
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See also WettedArea, AeroFormFactor, SkinFriction
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ACPro: ACPerformance/AeroFormFactor ACPro: ACProAerodynamics/CDSkinFriction ACPro: ACProAerodynamics/WettedArea AerospaceUtils: AeroData/AtmData Common: Atmosphere/StdAtm Common: CommonData/SwooshWatermark Common: General/CellToMat Common: General/MatToCell Common: General/Watermark Common: Graphics/NewFig Common: Graphics/Plot2D Common: Graphics/PltStyle
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