vacuum.cxx

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// vacuum.cxx - a vacuum pump connected to the aircraft engine.
// Written by David Megginson, started 2002.
//
// This file is in the Public Domain and comes with no warranty.
 
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#  include <config.h>
#endif
 
#include "vacuum.hxx"
 
#include <cstring>
 
#include <Main/fg_props.hxx>
 
 
VacuumSystem::VacuumSystem ( SGPropertyNode *node )
    :
    _name(node->getStringValue("name", "vacuum")),
    _num(node->getIntValue("number", 0)),
    _scale(node->getDoubleValue("scale", 1.0))
{
    for ( int i = 0; i < node->nChildren(); ++i ) {
        SGPropertyNode *child = node->getChild(i);
        if (child->getNameString() == "rpm")
            _rpms.push_back(child->getStringValue());
    }
}
 
VacuumSystem::~VacuumSystem ()
{
}
 
void
VacuumSystem::init()
{
    unsigned int i;
    std::string branch;
    branch = "/systems/" + _name;
 
    SGPropertyNode *node = fgGetNode(branch.c_str(), _num, true );
    _serviceable_node = node->getChild("serviceable", 0, true);
    for ( i = 0; i < _rpms.size(); i++ ) {
      SGPropertyNode_ptr _rpm_node = fgGetNode(_rpms[i].c_str(), true);
      _rpm_nodes.push_back( _rpm_node );
    }
    _pressure_node = fgGetNode("/environment/pressure-inhg", true);
    _suction_node = node->getChild("suction-inhg", 0, true);
 
    reinit();
}
 
void
VacuumSystem::reinit()
{
    _suction_node->setDoubleValue(0.0);
}
 
void
VacuumSystem::bind ()
{
}
 
void
VacuumSystem::unbind ()
{
}
 
void
VacuumSystem::update (double dt)
{
    // Model taken from steam.cxx
 
    double suction;
    unsigned int i;
 
    if (!_serviceable_node->getBoolValue()) {
        suction = 0.0;
    } else {
        // select the source with the max rpm
        double rpm = 0.0;
        for ( i = 0; i < _rpm_nodes.size(); i++ ) {
          double tmp = _rpm_nodes[i]->getDoubleValue() * _scale;
          if ( tmp > rpm ) {
            rpm = tmp;
          }
        }
        double pressure = _pressure_node->getDoubleValue();
        // This magic formula yields about 4 inhg at 700 rpm
        suction = pressure * rpm / (rpm + 4875.0);
 
        // simple regulator model that clamps smoothly to about 5 inhg
        // over a normal rpm range
        double max = (rpm > 0 ? 5.39 - 1.0 / ( rpm * 0.00111 ) : 0);
        if ( suction < 0.0 ) suction = 0.0;
        if ( suction > max ) suction = max;
    }
    _suction_node->setDoubleValue(suction);
}
 
 
// Register the subsystem.
#if 0
SGSubsystemMgr::Registrant<VacuumSystem> registrantVacuumSystem;
#endif
 
// end of vacuum.cxx