gravity.cxx

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// gravity.cxx -- interface for earth gravitational model
//
// Written by Torsten Dreyer, June 2011
//
// Copyright (C) 2011  Torsten Dreyer - torsten (at) t3r _dot_ de
//
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#include "gravity.hxx"
 
#include <simgear/structure/exception.hxx>
 
namespace Environment {
 
/*
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalschwereformel
*/
class Somigliana : public Gravity {
public:
    Somigliana();
    virtual ~Somigliana();
    virtual double getGravity( const SGGeod & position ) const;
};
 
Somigliana::Somigliana()
{
}
 
Somigliana::~Somigliana()
{
}
 
double Somigliana::getGravity( const SGGeod & position ) const
{
// Geodetic Reference System 1980 parameter
#define A 6378137.0 // equatorial radius of earth
#define B 6356752.3141 // semiminor axis
#define AGA (A*9.7803267715) // A times normal gravity at equator
#define BGB (B*9.8321863685) // B times normal gravity at pole
  // forumla of Somigliana
  double cosphi = ::cos(position.getLatitudeRad());
  double cos2phi = cosphi*cosphi;
  double sinphi = ::sin(position.getLatitudeRad());
  double sin2phi = sinphi*sinphi;
  double g0 = (AGA * cos2phi + BGB * sin2phi) / sqrt( A*A*cos2phi+B*B*sin2phi );
 
  static const double k1 = 3.15704e-7;
  static const double k2 = 2.10269e-9;
  static const double k3 = 7.37452e-14;
 
  double h = position.getElevationM();
  
  return g0*(1-(k1-k2*sin2phi)*h+k3*h*h);
}
 
static Somigliana _somigliana;
 
/* --------------------- Gravity implementation --------------------- */
Gravity * Gravity::_instance = NULL;
 
Gravity::~Gravity()
{
}
 
//double Gravity::getGravity( const SGGeoc & position ) = 0;
 
const Gravity * Gravity::instance()
{
    if( _instance == NULL )
        _instance = &_somigliana;
 
    return _instance;
}
    
} // namespace