Missile Lauch friction gamma factor - Output deviating from desired output, please help!
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Goal:
I'm trying to implement friction into this script of a launch of a missile.
The friction force should be related to the velocity like: Ff = -gamma|v|v.
Subsequently we also have the gravity force acting on the missile: Fg = mg.
The values of ad should be as follows, but I am unable to get this desired output:
ad = [300332, 302763, 303903, 303771, 302384, 299763, 295927, 290896, 284693];
for degrees of launch 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53 respectively.
Script:
clear;
close all;
clc;
tic
m = 500;
aT = [];
ad = [];
gamma = 1.0e-5
for i = [37:2:53]
r = 6371 * 10^3;
G = 6.674 * 10^-11;
M = 5.972 * 10^24;
g = (G * M)/(r^2);
theta0 = i;
ax = 0;
ay = r;
v0 = 2000;
vx0 = v0*cosd(theta0);
vy0 = v0*sind(theta0);
x = 0;
y = r;
vx = vx0;
vy = vy0;
T = 0;
dt = 0.01;
at = 0;
landed = 0;
z = 1;
while landed == 0
z = z + 1;
T = T + dt;
xo = x;
yo = y;
x = x + vx * dt;
y = y + vy * dt;
d = sqrt(x^2 + y^2);
alpha = atand(x/y);
g = (G*M)/(d^2);
gy = cosd(alpha) * g;
gx = sind(alpha) * g;
FgY = m * gy;
FgX = m * gx;
FricY = gamma*abs(vy)*vy;
FricX = gamma*abs(vx)*vx;
FnetY = FgY - FricY;
FnetX = FgX - FricX;
vy = vy - (gy * dt) - (FnetY / m)*dt; % This should substract gravity and friction from the velocity, not sure if this is correct.
vx = vx - (gx * dt) - (FnetX / m)*dt; % Same for this line of code
v = vx/sin(alpha);
ax = [ax, x];
ay = [ay, y];
if d < r
landed = 1;
end
end
aT = [aT, T];
distance = (alpha/360) * 2 * pi * r;
ad = [ad, distance];
fprintf('Checked for degree: %.0f\n', i)
end
toc
Output:
ad = [200358, 203662, 205972, 207257, 207539, 206800, 205056, 202324, 198615];
for degrees of launch 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53 respectively.
Any help / suggestions are immensly appreciated!
1 Comment
the cyclist
on 20 Jan 2020
I'm not able to run the code right now, but one suggestion I have is to run your code without the frictional force (for which you can calculate the correct answer by hand), and see if your code is giving the correct answer for that. That way you'll know if it is the friction calculation that is wrong, or something else.
Accepted Answer
Jim Riggs
on 20 Jan 2020
Step 1: Draw a free body diagram that shows the body with all of the forces that act on it and the coordinate frame(s) that are being used.
Step 2: For a point-mass in 2 dimensions, you should be able to use the free body diagram (by inspection) to ensure that you are calculating the force components correctly; sum of the forces in X = m*Ax, sum of forces in Y = m*Ay.
Are forces defined in body or inertial axes? (The aerodynamic force is usually in body axes, but the gravity force is defined in Inertial axes)
Show us this drawing and we can work from there.
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Jim Riggs
on 20 Jan 2020
Edited: Jim Riggs
on 20 Jan 2020
OK. If you compare your definition of the Friction force to my equation for the aerodynamic drag, you get
-gamma * |v| * v = 1/2 AirDensity * Airspeed^2 * DragCoefficient * referenceArea
The |v| * V term is a way of computing Airspeed^2 and preserving the sign, so it can be positive or negative. If we let |v| * v = Airspeed^2 in my equation, we are left with
-gamma = 1/2 AirDensity * DragCoefficient * referenceArea.
So gamma represents an aerodynamic factor which is good for a constant air density, and a constant drag coefficient (the reference area is always constant).
To apply this, you are almost there, with one small change.
The drag force in the X direction is DragForce * Uvx
Note that Uvx = Vx / | V | and V^2 = |V | * | V |, so
If DragForce = 1/2 * AirDensity * | v | * | v | * DragCoefficient * referenceArea
Fx = 1/2 AirDensity | v| * | v| * DragCoefficient * referenceArea * Vx / | v|
substitute -gamma = 1/2 AirDensity * DragCoefficient * referenceArea
Fx = -gamma * | v | * | v | * Vx / | v |
Fx = -gamma * | v | * Vx
Compare this with your equation
FrictX = gamma * abs(vx) * vx;
So, you need to make 2 changes:
1) You need a - sign on gamma
2) the abs(Vx) should be abs(V) the magnitude of the total velocity vector.
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