AC_Engine Class Reference

Aircraft engine model. More...

#include <sc_ac_engine.h>

Public Member Functions
	AC_Engine (void)
	Constructor.
void	Initialize (char *filename)
	Initialize with a filename. More...
void	Update (double h, double m)
	Update the model with. More...
double	get_thrust (void)
	Get the thrust. More...
double	get_sfc (void)
	Get the specific fuel consumption. More...

Detailed Description

Aircraft engine model. This uses a table of data passed in from a file. The table is two dimensional and is a function of altitude and mach number.

Member Function Documentation

Initialize()

void AC_Engine::Initialize

(

char *

filename

)

Initialize the model from an ASCII text engine data file.

The first line is the mach number, the second is the altitude. From the altitude we get the number of rows. We then read in two matrices.

Update()

void AC_Engine::Update	(	double	h,
		double	m
	)

Update the thrust given the altitude and mach number.

Parameters

h	Altitude
m	Mach number

get_thrust()

double AC_Engine::get_thrust

(

void

)

Get the current thrust.

Returns

Thrust

get_sfc()

double AC_Engine::get_sfc

(

void

)

Get the current SFC.

Returns

SFC