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% Design a minimum mass air core magnetic torquer.
You pass in the dipole, wire physical parameters and wire dimensions.
It minimizes the weighted cost:
cost = alpha*mass + power
The voltage is determined by the dimensions, resistivity and dipole.
As an alternative you can input the voltage and it will return the
dipole.
Type AirCoreMagneticTorquerDesign for a demo using copper wire.
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Form:
d = AirCoreMagneticTorquerDesign( d )
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Inputs
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d (.) Data structure
.aWG (1,1) Wire gauge 0000 is -3
.dipole or .v (1,1) Dipole (ATM^2) or Voltage (V)
.densityConductor (1,1) Conductor density (kg/m^3)
.conductivity (1,1) Conductivity (S/m)
.dim (1,2) Dimensions of the coil (m)
.alpha (1,1) Weight for mass (W/kg)
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Outputs
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d (.) Data structure with additions
.rWire (1,1) Wire radius (m)
.i (1,1) Current (A)
.rhoWire (1,1) Resistance (Ohm/m)
.lWire (1,1) Wire length (m)
.mWire (1,1) Mass wire (kg)
.R (1,1) Coil resistance (Ohm)
.nTurns (1,1) Wire turns
.v (1,1) Voltage (V)
.power (1,1) Power (W)
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See also DiameterAWG, ResistanceAWG
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Electrical: Wire/DiameterAWG Electrical: Wire/ResistanceAWG
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