I was playing around with the Lift/Drag models for the fins and I realised one thing:
A non-realistic model for the Drag component (two lines approximation)
Concerning the two lines model and the Drag component, it is consistent to use the same "S" shaped graph for both the Lift coefficient CL=f(alpha) and the Drag coefficient CD=f(alpha), as described here. When I refer to "S" shaped graph, I mean the Cl vs alpha graph like presented here.
However, it is not physically correct to have a drag vector oriented towards the inertial velocity of the sub when the alpha is negative: it should always be oriented opposite to the inertial velocity (as shown here) whatever the alpha value.
Therefore I have updated the code to generate a "V" shaped two lines approximation for the drag component (as shown here, CD vs alpha).
Dear UUV Sim Devs,
I was playing around with the Lift/Drag models for the fins and I realised one thing:
Concerning the two lines model and the Drag component, it is consistent to use the same "S" shaped graph for both the Lift coefficient CL=f(alpha) and the Drag coefficient CD=f(alpha), as described here. When I refer to "S" shaped graph, I mean the Cl vs alpha graph like presented here.
However, it is not physically correct to have a drag vector oriented towards the inertial velocity of the sub when the alpha is negative: it should always be oriented opposite to the inertial velocity (as shown here) whatever the alpha value. Therefore I have updated the code to generate a "V" shaped two lines approximation for the drag component (as shown here, CD vs alpha).
Best regards,
Achille MARTIN