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Simple Variable Mass 6DOF Wind (Wind Angles)

Implement wind angle representation of six-degrees-of-freedom equations of motion of simple variable mass

  • Simple Variable Mass 6DOF Wind (Wind Angles) block

Libraries:
Aerospace Blockset / Equations of Motion / 6DOF

Description

The Simple Variable Mass 6DOF Wind (Wind Angles) block implements a wind angle representation of six-degrees-of-freedom equations of motion of simple variable mass. For more information of the relationship between the wind angles, see Algorithms. For a description of the coordinate system employed and the translational dynamics, see the block description for the Simple Variable Mass 6DOF (Quaternion) block.

Limitations

The block assumes that the applied forces are acting at the center of gravity of the body.

Ports

Input

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Applied forces, specified as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

Applied moments, specified as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

One or more rates of change of mass (positive if accreted, negative if ablated), specified as a scalar.

Data Types: double

One or more relative velocities, specified as a three-element vector, at which the mass is accreted to or ablated from the body in body-fixed axes.

Dependencies

To enable this port, select Include mass flow relative velocity.

Data Types: double

Output

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Velocity in the flat Earth reference frame, returned as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

Position in the flat Earth reference frame, returned as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

Wind rotation angles [bank, flight path, heading], returned as three-element vector, in radians.

Data Types: double

Coordinate transformation from flat Earth axes to wind-fixed axes, returned as a 3-by-3 matrix.

Data Types: double

Velocity in wind-fixed frame, returned as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

Angle of attack and sideslip angle, returned as a two-element vector, in radians.

Data Types: double

Rate of change of angle of attack and rate of change of sideslip angle, returned as a two-element vector, in radians per second.

Data Types: double

Angular rates in body-fixed axes, returned as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

Angular accelerations in body-fixed axes, returned as a three-element vector, in radians per second squared.

Data Types: double

Accelerations in body-fixed axes with respect to body frame, returned as a three-element vector.

Data Types: double

Fuel tank status, returned as:

  • 1 — Tank is full.

  • 0 — Tank is neither full nor empty.

  • -1 — Tank is empty.

Data Types: double

Accelerations in body-fixed axes with respect to inertial frame (flat Earth), returned as a three-element vector. You typically connect this signal to the accelerometer.

Dependencies

This port appears only when the Include inertial acceleration check box is selected.

Data Types: double

Parameters

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Main

Input and output units, specified as Metric (MKS), English (Velocity in ft/s), or English (Velocity in kts).

UnitsForcesMomentAccelerationVelocityPositionMassInertia
Metric (MKS) NewtonNewton-meterMeters per second squaredMeters per secondMetersKilogramKilogram meter squared
English (Velocity in ft/s) PoundFoot-poundFeet per second squaredFeet per secondFeetSlugSlug foot squared
English (Velocity in kts) PoundFoot-poundFeet per second squaredKnotsFeetSlugSlug foot squared

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: units
Type: character vector
Values: Metric (MKS) | English (Velocity in ft/s) | English (Velocity in kts)
Default: Metric (MKS)

Mass type, specified according to the following table.

The Simple Variable selection conforms to the equations of motion in Algorithms.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: mtype
Type: character vector
Values: Fixed | Simple Variable | Custom Variable
Default: Simple Variable

Equations of motion representation, specified according to the following table.

RepresentationDescription

Wind Angles

Use Wind angles within equations of motion.

Quaternion

Use quaternions within equations of motion.

The Wind Angles selection conforms to the equations of motion in Algorithms.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: rep
Type: character vector
Values: Wind Angles | Quaternion
Default: 'Wind Angles'

Initial location of the body in the flat Earth reference frame, specified as a three-element vector.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: xme_0
Type: character vector
Values: '[0 0 0]' | three-element vector
Default: '[0 0 0]'

Initial airspeed, angle of attack, and sideslip angle, specified as a three-element vector.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Vm_0
Type: character vector
Values: '[0 0 0]' | three-element vector
Default: '[0 0 0]'

Initial wind angles [bank, flight path, and heading], specified as a three-element vector in radians.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: wind_0
Type: character vector
Values: '[0 0 0]' | three-element vector
Default: '[0 0 0]'

Initial body-fixed angular rates with respect to the NED frame, specified as a three-element vector, in radians per second.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: pm_0
Type: character vector
Values: '[0 0 0]' | three-element vector
Default: '[0 0 0]'

Initial mass of the rigid body, specified as a double scalar.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: mass_0
Type: character vector
Values: '1.0' | double scalar
Default: '1.0'

Empty mass of the body, specified as a double scalar.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: mass_e
Type: character vector
Values: double scalar
Default: '0.5'

Full mass of the body, specified as a double scalar.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: mass_f
Type: character vector
Values: double scalar
Default: '2.0'

Inertia tensor matrix for the empty inertia of the body, specified as 3-by-3 matrix, in body-fixed axes.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: inertia_e
Type: character vector
Values: 'eye(3)' | 3-by-3 matrix
Default: 'eye(3)'

Inertia tensor matrix for the full inertia of the body, specified as a 3-by-3 matrix, in body-fixed axes.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: inertia_f
Type: character vector
Values: '2*eye(3)' | 3-by-3 matrix
Default: '2*eye(3)'

Select this check box to add a mass flow relative velocity port. This is the relative velocity at which the mass is accreted or ablated.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: vre_flag
Type: character vector
Values: off | on
Default: off

Select this check box to add an inertial acceleration port.

Dependencies

To enable the Ab ff port, select this parameter.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: abi_flag
Type: character vector
Values: 'off' | 'on'
Default: off

State Attributes

Assign a unique name to each state. You can use state names instead of block paths during linearization.

  • To assign a name to a single state, enter a unique name between quotes, for example, 'velocity'.

  • To assign names to multiple states, enter a comma-separated list surrounded by braces, for example, {'a', 'b', 'c'}. Each name must be unique.

  • If a parameter is empty (' '), no name is assigned.

  • The state names apply only to the selected block with the name parameter.

  • The number of states must divide evenly among the number of state names.

  • You can specify fewer names than states, but you cannot specify more names than states.

    For example, you can specify two names in a system with four states. The first name applies to the first two states and the second name to the last two states.

  • To assign state names with a variable in the MATLAB® workspace, enter the variable without quotes. A variable can be a character vector, cell array, or structure.

Position state names, specified as a comma-separated list surrounded by braces.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: xme_statename
Type: character vector
Values: '' | comma-separated list surrounded by braces
Default: ''

Velocity state names, specified as a character vector.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Vm_statename
Type: character vector
Values: '' | character vector
Default: ''

Incidence angle state name, specified as a character vector.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: alpha_statename
Type: character vector
Values: ''
Default: ''

Sideslip angle state name, specified as a character vector.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: beta_statename
Type: character vector
Values: ''
Default: ''

Wind orientation state names, specified as a comma-separated list surrounded by braces.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: wind_statename
Type: character vector
Values: ''
Default: ''

Body rotation rate state names, specified comma-separated list surrounded by braces.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: pm_statename
Type: character vector
Values: '' | comma-separated list surrounded by braces
Default: ''

Mass state name, specified as a character vector.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: mass_statename
Type: character vector
Values: '' | character vector
Default: ''

Algorithms

The relationship between the wind angles, [μγχ]T, can be determined by resolving the wind rates into the wind-fixed coordinate frame.

[pwqwrw]=[μ˙00]+[1000cosμsinμ0sinμcosμ][0γ˙0]+[1000cosμsinμ0sinμcosμ][cosγ0sinγ010sinγ0cosγ][00χ˙]J1[μ˙γ˙χ˙]

Inverting J then gives the required relationship to determine the wind rate vector.

[μ˙γ˙χ˙]=J[pwqwrw]=[1(sinμtanγ)(cosμtanγ)0cosμsinμ0sinμcosγcosμcosγ][pwqwrw]

The body-fixed angular rates are related to the wind-fixed angular rate by the following equation.

[pwqwrw]=DMCwb[pbβ˙sinαqbα˙rb+β˙cosα]

Using this relationship in the wind rate vector equations, gives the relationship between the wind rate vector and the body-fixed angular rates.

[μ˙γ˙χ˙]=J[pwqwrw]=[1(sinμtanγ)(cosμtanγ)0cosμsinμ0sinμcosγcosμcosγ]DMCwb[pbβ˙sinαqbα˙rb+β˙cosα]

References

[1] Stevens, Brian, and Frank Lewis. Aircraft Control and Simulation, 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.

[2] Zipfel, Peter H. Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics. 2nd ed. Reston, VA: AIAA Education Series, 2007.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
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Version History

Introduced in R2006a