AtmosphericDragForce.CalculateForce Method

Calculates the atmospheric drag force on an object. This low-level call is provided for convenience in simple use cases, in general you should call BuildForceEvaluator(ResultantForceBuilder, EvaluatorGroup) to produce a ForceEvaluator from this class that will model drag forces on an object over time.

Namespace: AGI.Foundation.Celestial
Assembly: AGI.Foundation.OrbitPropagation (in AGI.Foundation.OrbitPropagation.dll) Version: 25.1.421.0 (25.1.421.0)

Syntax

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public static Cartesian CalculateForce(
	Cartesian velocity,
	double density,
	double dragCoefficient,
	double area
)

Public Shared Function CalculateForce ( 
	velocity As Cartesian,
	density As Double,
	dragCoefficient As Double,
	area As Double
) As Cartesian

public:
static Cartesian CalculateForce(
	Cartesian velocity, 
	double density, 
	double dragCoefficient, 
	double area
)

static member CalculateForce : 
        velocity : Cartesian * 
        density : float * 
        dragCoefficient : float * 
        area : float -> Cartesian

Parameters

velocity: Type: AGI.Foundation.Coordinates.Cartesian
The platform's velocity in the fixed frame.
density: Type: System.Double
The atmospheric density at the platform's position.
dragCoefficient: Type: System.Double
The platform's drag coefficient.
area: Type: System.Double
The platform's cross-sectional area.

Return Value

Type: Cartesian
The drag force on the platform, in the fixed frame.

Reference

AtmosphericDragForce Class

AGI.Foundation.Celestial Namespace

AtmosphericDragForce.AddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTA505F195_0?cpp=::|nu=.");CalculateForce Method

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Return Value

Reference

AtmosphericDragForce.CalculateForce Method