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% Determine the mass available for airship structure and systems. The lifting gas is assumed to be Helium. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [m0,mT,mH] = StructuralMass( VMax, kSV, rhoF, alt, mP ); Example: [m0,mT,mH] = StructuralMass( 736310.778, 0.065, 0.5, 21300, 1814 ); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ VMax (1) Maximum volume [m^3] kSV (1) Surface area -to- volume ratio rhoF (1) Exterior fabric density [kg/m^2] alt (1) Pressure altitude [m] mP (1) Payload mass [kg] ------- Outputs ------- m0 (1) Mass available for structure and systems [kg] mT (1) Total vehicle mass, including payload [kg] mH (1) Mass of Helium [kg] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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