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OpenMDAO / pyCycle

Thermodynamic cycle modeling library, built on top of OpenMDAO
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Adapting pyCycle to extra-terrestrial atmosphere #50

Open alice4space opened 2 years ago

alice4space commented 2 years ago

Is it possible to adapt pyCycle for it to work in Martian atmosphere for example ?

eshendricks commented 2 years ago

Yes, it should be possible to adapt pyCycle to model something operating in a Martian atmosphere. Off the top of my head, you would need to specify the proper properties of the atmosphere (i.e. composition) and the fuel in the thermodynamics package (either through running CEA or inputing a table of properties). Also, the US standard atmosphere is used to determine pressure and temperature as a function of altitude in the flight conditions group, so component likely would need to be replaced as well.