"""Estimation of the horizontal tail profile drag."""
# This file is part of FAST-OAD_CS23 : A framework for rapid Overall Aircraft Design
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import numpy as np
import fastoad.api as oad
from openmdao.core.explicitcomponent import ExplicitComponent
from fastga.models.geometry.profiles.get_profile import get_profile
from ..constants import SUBMODEL_CD0_HT
[docs]@oad.RegisterSubmodel(SUBMODEL_CD0_HT, "fastga.submodel.aerodynamics.horizontal_tail.cd0.legacy")
class Cd0HorizontalTail(ExplicitComponent):
"""
Profile drag estimation for the horizontal tail.
Based on : Gudmundsson, Snorri. General aviation aircraft design: Applied Methods and
Procedures. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
"""
[docs] def initialize(self):
self.options.declare("low_speed_aero", default=False, types=bool)
self.options.declare("airfoil_folder_path", default=None, types=str, allow_none=True)
self.options.declare("htp_airfoil_file", default="naca0012.af", types=str, allow_none=True)
[docs] def setup(self):
self.add_input("data:geometry:horizontal_tail:tip:chord", val=np.nan, units="m")
self.add_input("data:geometry:horizontal_tail:root:chord", val=np.nan, units="m")
self.add_input("data:geometry:horizontal_tail:sweep_25", val=np.nan, units="deg")
self.add_input("data:geometry:horizontal_tail:wet_area", val=np.nan, units="m**2")
self.add_input("data:geometry:wing:area", val=np.nan, units="m**2")
self.add_input("data:geometry:horizontal_tail:thickness_ratio", val=np.nan)
if self.options["low_speed_aero"]:
self.add_input("data:aerodynamics:low_speed:mach", val=np.nan)
self.add_input("data:aerodynamics:low_speed:unit_reynolds", val=np.nan, units="m**-1")
self.add_output("data:aerodynamics:horizontal_tail:low_speed:CD0")
else:
self.add_input("data:aerodynamics:cruise:mach", val=np.nan)
self.add_input("data:aerodynamics:cruise:unit_reynolds", val=np.nan, units="m**-1")
self.add_output("data:aerodynamics:horizontal_tail:cruise:CD0")
self.declare_partials("*", "*", method="fd")
[docs] def compute(self, inputs, outputs, discrete_inputs=None, discrete_outputs=None):
tip_chord = inputs["data:geometry:horizontal_tail:tip:chord"]
root_chord = inputs["data:geometry:horizontal_tail:root:chord"]
sweep_25_ht = inputs["data:geometry:horizontal_tail:sweep_25"]
wet_area_ht = inputs["data:geometry:horizontal_tail:wet_area"]
wing_area = inputs["data:geometry:wing:area"]
thickness = inputs["data:geometry:horizontal_tail:thickness_ratio"]
if self.options["low_speed_aero"]:
mach = inputs["data:aerodynamics:low_speed:mach"]
unit_reynolds = inputs["data:aerodynamics:low_speed:unit_reynolds"]
else:
mach = inputs["data:aerodynamics:cruise:mach"]
unit_reynolds = inputs["data:aerodynamics:cruise:unit_reynolds"]
# Sear max thickness position ratio
profile = get_profile(
airfoil_folder_path=self.options["airfoil_folder_path"],
file_name=self.options["htp_airfoil_file"],
)
relative_thickness = profile.get_relative_thickness()
index = int(
np.where(relative_thickness["thickness"] == np.max(relative_thickness["thickness"]))[0]
)
x_t_max = relative_thickness["x"][index]
# Root: 50% NLF
x_trans = 0.5
x0_turbulent = 36.9 * x_trans**0.625 * (1 / (unit_reynolds * root_chord)) ** 0.375
cf_root = (
0.074 / (unit_reynolds * root_chord) ** 0.2 * (1 - (x_trans - x0_turbulent)) ** 0.8
)
# Tip: 50% NLF
x_trans = 0.5
x0_turbulent = 36.9 * x_trans**0.625 * (1 / (unit_reynolds * tip_chord)) ** 0.375
cf_tip = 0.074 / (unit_reynolds * tip_chord) ** 0.2 * (1 - (x_trans - x0_turbulent)) ** 0.8
# Global
cf_ht = (cf_root + cf_tip) * 0.5
form_factor = 1 + 0.6 / x_t_max * thickness + 100 * thickness**4
form_factor = form_factor * 1.05 # Due to hinged elevator (Raymer)
if mach > 0.2:
form_factor = (
form_factor * 1.34 * mach**0.18 * (np.cos(sweep_25_ht * np.pi / 180)) ** 0.28
)
interference_factor = 1.05
cd0 = form_factor * interference_factor * cf_ht * wet_area_ht / wing_area
if self.options["low_speed_aero"]:
outputs["data:aerodynamics:horizontal_tail:low_speed:CD0"] = cd0
else:
outputs["data:aerodynamics:horizontal_tail:cruise:CD0"] = cd0