Sail dimensions as a function of payload mass
Assume a payload mass fraction of 1/3
Since version 7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reference: Colin R. McInnes, "Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications", Springer Praxis, London, 1999, p. 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See also AccelToLoading, Plot2D ------------------------------------------------------------------------
%------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Copyright (c) 2007 Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc. % All rights reserved. %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acc0 = [0.5 1 3 6]*1e-3; payload = 0:1:50; eff = 0.85; sigma = eff*AccelToLoading( acc0 ); mass = 3*payload; side = zeros(4,length(payload)); for k = 1:length(sigma) area = mass/sigma(k); side(k,:) = sqrt(area); end Plot2D( payload, side, 'Payload Mass (kg)', 'Sail side length (m)',... 'Square Sail Dimensions for Payload Fraction of 1/3') accels = cellstr(num2str(acc0'*1e3)); accels{1} = [accels{1} ' mm/s^2']; legend(accels,'Location','northwest') %-------------------------------------- % PSS internal file version information %--------------------------------------