Compute ramjet thrust for a constant dynamic pressure trajectory
Constant dynamic pressure is often recommended for scramjet trajectories.
This function computes the thrust for a ramjet. The velocity used produces constant dynamic pressure.
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Copyright (c) 2016 Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc. % All rights reserved. %-------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Since 2016.1 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------- h = linspace(0,40); % Altitude (km) q = 7000; % Dynamic pressure (N/m^2) [v, m] = ConstantDynamicPressureVelocity( h, q ); p = StdAtm(h); d = RamjetKerrebrock; RamjetKerrebrock( m, d, p ); %--------------------------------------