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Dynamic Pressure

Calculating dynamic pressure using air velocity and density.

blockType: SubSystem

dynamic pressure

Path in the library:

/Aerospace/Flight Parameters/Dynamic Pressure

Description

The Dynamic Pressure unit calculates the dynamic pressure.

The dynamic pressure is defined as:

,

where

  • - air density;

  • - velocity.

Ports

Input

V is the velocity of the body
`vector 3 to 1

The velocity given as a 3 by 1 vector.

Data types: Float64.

ρ - air density
scalar

The density of air given as a scalar.

Data types: Float64.

Output

Output 1 - dynamic pressure
scalar

Dynamic pressure returned as a scalar.

Data types: Float64.