RCAIDE.Library.Plots.Aerodynamics.plot_surface_pressures

plot_surface_pressures#

plot_surface_pressures(results, save_figure=False, save_filename='Surface_Pressure', file_type='.png')[source]#

Creates contour plots of surface pressure distributions on aircraft lifting surfaces.

Parameters:

results (Results) –
RCAIDE results data structure containing:
- segments[i].conditions.aerodynamics
  
  Aerodynamic data containing:
  
  coefficients.surface_pressure[ti]
  Pressure coefficient at each control point
- segments[i].analyses.aerodynamics.vehicle
  
  Vehicle data containing:
  
  vortex_distribution
  
  Distribution data with:
  
  n_cwarray
  Number of chordwise panels per wing
  
  n_swarray
  Number of spanwise panels per wing
  
  n_wint
  Number of wings
  
  XC, YCarrays
  Control point coordinates
  
  Xarray
  Surface point x-coordinates
  
  wingslist
  
  Wing components with:
  
  verticalbool
  Flag for vertical surfaces
  
  symmetricbool
  Flag for symmetric surfaces
save_figure (bool, optional) – Flag for saving the figure (default: False)
save_filename (str, optional) – Name of file for saved figure (default: “Surface_Pressure”)
file_type (str, optional) – File extension for saved figure (default: “.png”)

Return type:

None

Notes

Creates visualization showing:

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