This class provides the effect of viscousity on the hull of lighter-than-air vehicles such as airships. The equations implemented is based on the work published in [1], which describes a modeling approach for the nonlinear dynamics simulation of airships and [2] providing more insight of the modelling of an airship. More...

#include <LighterThanAirDynamics.hh>

Public Member Functions
	LighterThanAirDynamics ()
	Constructor. More...

	~LighterThanAirDynamics () override
	Destructor. More...

math::Vector3d	AddedMassForce (math::Vector3d lin_vel, math::Vector3d ang_vel, math::Matrix3d m11, math::Matrix3d m12)
	Calculates the potential flow aerodynamic torques that a LTA vehicle experience when moving in a potential fluid. The aerodynamic torques is derived using Kirchoff's equation. More...

math::Vector3d	AddedMassTorque (math::Vector3d lin_vel, math::Vector3d ang_vel, math::Matrix3d m11, math::Matrix3d m12, math::Matrix3d m21, math::Matrix3d m22)
	Calculates the potential flow aerodynamic forces that a LTA vehicle experience when moving in a potential fluid. The aerodynamic force is derived using Kirchoff's equation. More...

void	Configure (const Entity &_entity, const std::shared_ptr< const sdf::Element > &_sdf, EntityComponentManager &_ecm, EventManager &) override
	Documentation inherited. More...

double	DynamicPressure (math::Vector3d vec, double air_density)
	Calculates dynamic pressure. More...

math::Vector3d	LocalVelocity (math::Vector3d lin_vel, math::Vector3d ang_vel, math::Vector3d dist)
	Calculates the local velocity at an offset from a origin. More...

void	PreUpdate (const UpdateInfo &_info, EntityComponentManager &_ecm) override
	Documentation inherited. More...

math::Matrix3d	SkewSymmetricMatrix (math::Vector3d mat)
	Skew-symmetric matrices can be used to represent cross products as matrix multiplications. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from System
	System ()=default
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~System ()=default
	Destructor. More...

Detailed Description

This class provides the effect of viscousity on the hull of lighter-than-air vehicles such as airships. The equations implemented is based on the work published in [1], which describes a modeling approach for the nonlinear dynamics simulation of airships and [2] providing more insight of the modelling of an airship.

System Parameters

<air_density> sets the density of air that surrounds the buoyant object. [Units: kgm^-3]
<force_invisc_coeff is the first coefficient in Eq (11) in [1]: \( (k_2 - k_1) \cdot \int_{\varepsilon_{0}}^{L} \frac{dS}{d\varepsilon} \,d\varepsilon \)
<force_visc_coeff> is the second coefficient in Eq (11) in [1]: \( \eta C_{DC} \cdot \int_{\varepsilon_{0}}^{L} 2R \,d\varepsilon \)
<moment_invisc_coeff is the first coefficient in Eq (14) in [1]: \( (k_2 - k_1) \cdot \int_{\varepsilon_{0}}^{L} \frac{dS}{d\varepsilon} (\varepsilon_{m} - \varepsilon) \,d\varepsilon \)
<moment_visc_coeff> is the second coefficient in Eq (14) in [1]: \( \eta C_{DC} \cdot \int_{\varepsilon_{0}}^{L} 2R (\varepsilon_{m} - \varepsilon) \,d\varepsilon \)
<eps_v> is the point on the hull where the flow ceases being potential
<axial_drag_coeff> the actual drag coefficient of the hull

Notes

This class only implements the viscous effects on the hull of an airship and currently does not take into the account wind. This class should be used in combination with the boyuancy, added mass and gravity plugins to simulate the behaviour of an airship. Its important to provide a collision property to the hull, since this is from which the buoyancy plugin determines the volume.

Citations

[1] Li, Y., & Nahon, M. (2007). Modeling and simulation of airship dynamics. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30(6), 1691–1700.

[2] Li, Y., Nahon, M., & Sharf, I. (2011). Airship dynamics modeling: A literature review. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 47(3), 217–239.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LighterThanAirDynamics()

LighterThanAirDynamics ( )

Constructor.

◆ ~LighterThanAirDynamics()

~LighterThanAirDynamics ( )

override

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddedMassForce()

math::Vector3d AddedMassForce	(	math::Vector3d	lin_vel,
		math::Vector3d	ang_vel,
		math::Matrix3d	m11,
		math::Matrix3d	m12
	)

Calculates the potential flow aerodynamic torques that a LTA vehicle experience when moving in a potential fluid. The aerodynamic torques is derived using Kirchoff's equation.

Parameters

[in]	lin_vel	- The body linear velocity
[in]	ang_vel	- The body angular velocity
[in]	m11	- The left upper [3x3] matrix of the added mass matrix
[in]	m12	- The right upper [3x3] matrix of the added mass matrix

Returns: The aerodynamic torque

◆ AddedMassTorque()

math::Vector3d AddedMassTorque	(	math::Vector3d	lin_vel,
		math::Vector3d	ang_vel,
		math::Matrix3d	m11,
		math::Matrix3d	m12,
		math::Matrix3d	m21,
		math::Matrix3d	m22
	)

Calculates the potential flow aerodynamic forces that a LTA vehicle experience when moving in a potential fluid. The aerodynamic force is derived using Kirchoff's equation.

Parameters

[in]	lin_vel	- The body linear velocity
[in]	ang_vel	- The body angular velocity
[in]	m11	- The left upper [3x3] matrix of the added mass matrix
[in]	m12	- The right upper [3x3] matrix of the added mass matrix
[in]	m21	- The left lower [3x3] matrix of the added mass matrix
[in]	m22	- The right lower [3x3] matrix of the added mass matrix

Returns: The aerodynamic force.

◆ Configure()

void Configure	(	const Entity &	_entity,
		const std::shared_ptr< const sdf::Element > &	_sdf,
		EntityComponentManager &	_ecm,
		EventManager &
	)

overridevirtual

Documentation inherited.

Implements ISystemConfigure.

◆ DynamicPressure()

double DynamicPressure	(	math::Vector3d	vec,
		double	air_density
	)

Calculates dynamic pressure.

Parameters

[in]	vec	- The linear velocity
[in]	air_density	- The air density [kg/m^3]

Returns: The dynamic pressure, q

◆ LocalVelocity()

math::Vector3d LocalVelocity	(	math::Vector3d	lin_vel,
		math::Vector3d	ang_vel,
		math::Vector3d	dist
	)

Calculates the local velocity at an offset from a origin.

Parameters

[in]	lin_vel	- The linear body velocity
[in]	ang_vel	- The angular body velocity
[in]	dist	- The distance vector from the origin

Returns: The local velocity at the distance vector

◆ PreUpdate()

void PreUpdate	(	const UpdateInfo &	_info,
		EntityComponentManager &	_ecm
	)

overridevirtual

Documentation inherited.

Implements ISystemPreUpdate.

◆ SkewSymmetricMatrix()

math::Matrix3d SkewSymmetricMatrix ( math::Vector3d mat )

Skew-symmetric matrices can be used to represent cross products as matrix multiplications.

Parameters

[in] mat - A [3x1] vector

Returns: The skew-symmetric matrix of mat

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

LighterThanAirDynamics.hh

Gazebo Sim

API Reference

Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

System Parameters

Notes

Citations

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LighterThanAirDynamics()

◆ ~LighterThanAirDynamics()

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddedMassForce()

◆ AddedMassTorque()

◆ Configure()

◆ DynamicPressure()

◆ LocalVelocity()

◆ PreUpdate()

◆ SkewSymmetricMatrix()