Environment Class Reference

Models atmospheric and gravitational conditions for the flight simulation. More...

#include <Environment.h>

Public Member Functions
	Environment (double surfacePressure, double surfaceTemperature, double launchAltitude)
	Constructs a new Environment.
	~Environment ()=default
	Default destructor.
double	getAirDensity (double altitude) const
	Returns the atmospheric density at a given altitude.
double	getGravity (double altitude) const
	Returns the gravitational acceleration at a given altitude.
double	getSurfacePressure () const
	Returns the surface pressure at launch site.
double	getSurfaceTemperature () const
	Returns the surface temperature at launch site.
double	getLaunchAltitude () const
	Returns the launch altitude above sea level.

Private Member Functions
double	getStandardTemperature (double altitude) const
	Internal method to compute standard atmosphere temperature at altitude.
double	getStandardPressure (double altitude) const
	Internal method to compute standard atmosphere pressure at altitude.

Private Attributes
double	surfacePressure_
	Surface pressure at launch site [Pa].
double	surfaceTemperature_
	Surface temperature at launch site [K].
double	launchAltitude_
	Launch altitude above sea level [m].

Detailed Description

Models atmospheric and gravitational conditions for the flight simulation.

The Environment class provides atmospheric properties (air density, pressure, temperature) and gravity based on altitude. Future versions may support wind models.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Environment()

Environment::Environment	(	double	surfacePressure,
		double	surfaceTemperature,
		double	launchAltitude )

Constructs a new Environment.

Parameters

surfacePressure	Surface pressure at launch site (Pascals).
surfaceTemperature	Surface temperature at launch site (Kelvin).
launchAltitude	Launch site altitude (meters above sea level).

~Environment()

Environment::~Environment ( )

default

Default destructor.

Member Function Documentation

getAirDensity()

double Environment::getAirDensity

(

double

altitude

)

const

Returns the atmospheric density at a given altitude.

Parameters

altitude

Altitude above sea level (meters).

Returns

Air density in kg/m3.

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getGravity()

double Environment::getGravity

(

double

altitude

)

const

Returns the gravitational acceleration at a given altitude.

Parameters

altitude

Altitude above sea level (meters).

Returns

Gravitational acceleration in m/s2.

getLaunchAltitude()

double Environment::getLaunchAltitude

(

)

const

Returns the launch altitude above sea level.

Returns

Altitude in meters.

getStandardPressure()

double Environment::getStandardPressure ( double altitude ) const

private

Internal method to compute standard atmosphere pressure at altitude.

Parameters

altitude

Altitude above sea level (meters).

Returns

Pressure at altitude (Pascals).

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getStandardTemperature()

double Environment::getStandardTemperature ( double altitude ) const

private

Internal method to compute standard atmosphere temperature at altitude.

Parameters

altitude

Altitude above sea level (meters).

Returns

Temperature at altitude (Kelvin).

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getSurfacePressure()

double Environment::getSurfacePressure

(

)

const

Returns the surface pressure at launch site.

Returns

Pressure in Pascals.

getSurfaceTemperature()

double Environment::getSurfaceTemperature

(

)

const

Returns the surface temperature at launch site.

Returns

Temperature in Kelvin.

Member Data Documentation

launchAltitude_

double Environment::launchAltitude_

private

Launch altitude above sea level [m].

surfacePressure_

double Environment::surfacePressure_

private

Surface pressure at launch site [Pa].

surfaceTemperature_

double Environment::surfaceTemperature_

private

Surface temperature at launch site [K].

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

• include/Environment.h
• src/Environment.cpp