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% Compute the trip time and thrust from distance and total mass (analytic)
Note that the trip time is fixed from the resulting payload fraction, and the
amount of payload will then determine the engine thrust required. In order to
first determine the relationship between payload fraction and time given the
distance and remaining parameters, see ComputePayloadFraction.
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Form:
[tF,thrust,data] = TripTime( m0, d )
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Inputs
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m0 (1,1) Mission wet mass
d (.) Data structure
See Straight2DStructure
.mP (1,1) Payload, kg
.dF (1,1) Distance, km
doPlot (1,1) Display engine report
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Outputs
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tau (1,:) Trip time (s)
thrust (1,1) Engine thrust (N)
data (.) Engine report
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See also: ComputeThrust, ComputePayloadFraction
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StraightLine: ConstantThrust/ComputeThrust StraightLine: ConstantThrust/SimulateStraightLineTrajectory StraightLine: ConstantThrust/Straight2DStructure StraightLine: ConstantThrust/ZeroPayloadTime Common: Database/Constant
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