AeroElement.hxx

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// AeroElement.hxx -- Mesh element for the computation of a wing wake.
//
// Written by Bertrand Coconnier, started March 2017.
//
// Copyright (C) 2017  Bertrand Coconnier  - bcoconni@users.sf.net
//
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#ifndef _FG_AEROELEMENT_HXX
#define _FG_AEROELEMENT_HXX
 
#include <simgear/math/SGMathFwd.hxx>
 
 
class AeroElement : public SGReferenced {
public:
    AeroElement(const SGVec3d& n1, const SGVec3d& n2, const SGVec3d& n3,
                const SGVec3d& n4);
    const SGVec3d& getNormal(void) const { return normal; }
    const SGVec3d& getCollocationPoint(void) const { return collocationPt; }
    SGVec3d getBoundVortex(void) const { return p2 - p1; }
    SGVec3d getBoundVortexMidPoint(void) const { return 0.5*(p1+p2); }
    SGVec3d getInducedVelocity(const SGVec3d& p) const;
private:
    SGVec3d vortexInducedVel(const SGVec3d& p, const SGVec3d& n1,
                             const SGVec3d& n2) const;
    SGVec3d semiInfVortexInducedVel(const SGVec3d& point, const SGVec3d& vEnd,
                                    const SGVec3d& vDir) const;
    SGVec3d p1, p2, normal, collocationPt;
};
 
typedef SGSharedPtr<AeroElement> AeroElement_ptr;
 
#endif