Compute the payload fraction as a function of structural fraction.
The structural fraciton is a function ratio of structural mass to fuel mass. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See also Plot2D, SS2O ------------------------------------------------------------------------
%------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Copyright (c) 2009 Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mP = 300; % Payload and fixed mass h = 390; % ISS max orbit i = 51.6*pi/180; dVLoss = 2; % Losses due to gravity and drag rE = 6378.165; vE = rE*2*pi/86400; dV = sqrt(3.98600436e5/(rE+h))- vE*cos(i) + dVLoss; Isp = (339.9 +429.8)/2; % Average for aerospike engine k = exp(dV/(Isp*9.806e-3)); fSMax = 1/(k-1); fS = linspace(0,fSMax);% Structural fraction n = length(fS); e = zeros(1,n); for k = 1:n [mF, mT, mS, e(k)] = SS2O( Isp, mP, fS(k), dV ); end Plot2D( fS, e, 'Structural Fraction', 'Payload Fraction', 'SSTO'); %-------------------------------------- % PSS internal file version information %--------------------------------------