faa.tg.atmosphere
Class StndDayAtm

java.lang.Object
  faa.tg.atmosphere.StndDayAtm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

RucAtm

public class StndDayAtm
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

 StndDayAtm represents the standard pressure/temperature conditions.

 See section 12.2 of the Detailed Design Document for a discussion
 of design issues.

 

See the source: StndDayAtm.java

Version:

$Id: StndDayAtm.java,v 3.1 2006/03/14 15:49:43 samf Exp $

Author:

Jocelyn Richardt

See Also:

LocalAtm, Atmosphere, Units, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CVS_VERSION_ID The CVS Version ID
(package private) static long	serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

StndDayAtm()
Constructor for StndDayAtm.

Method Summary

Pressure	getAmbientPressure(Position pos) Returns the Ambient Pressure
Temperature	getAmbientTemperature(Position pos) Returns the Ambient Temperature
Density	getDensity(Position pos) Returns the density of the air at the specified position.
LocalAtm	getLocalAtm(Position pos) Returns the LocalAtm for a given position.
Altitude	getPressureAltitude(Position pos) Returns the altitude as calculated from the measured local pressure, based on the standard atmosphere.
Coefficient	getPressureRatio(Position pos) Returns the dimensionless ratio of ambient pressure and the pressure at sea level.
Speed	getSpeedOfSound(Position pos) Deprecated. More properly a function of the LocalAtm.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

CVS_VERSION_ID

public static final java.lang.String CVS_VERSION_ID

The CVS Version ID

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StndDayAtm

public StndDayAtm()

Constructor for StndDayAtm.

Method Detail

getLocalAtm

public LocalAtm getLocalAtm(Position pos)

Returns the LocalAtm for a given position.

Parameters:

pos - Position for local atmosphere.

Returns:

LocalAtm containing local pressure/temperature conditions.

getAmbientPressure

public Pressure getAmbientPressure(Position pos)

Returns the Ambient Pressure

Parameters:

pos - Position of requested data

Returns:

Object containing the ambient Pressure at the specific Position.

getPressureRatio

public Coefficient getPressureRatio(Position pos)

Returns the dimensionless ratio of ambient pressure and the pressure at sea level.

Parameters:

pos - Position of requested data.

Returns:

Ratio of ambient and sea level pressures at specific position.

getAmbientTemperature

public Temperature getAmbientTemperature(Position pos)

Returns the Ambient Temperature

Parameters:

pos - Position of requested data

Returns:

Temperature object containing the Ambient Temperature at the specific position

getPressureAltitude

public Altitude getPressureAltitude(Position pos)

Returns the altitude as calculated from the measured local pressure, based on the standard atmosphere.

From The Foundations of Aerodynamics, Kuethe and Chow, 1976.

Parameters:

pos - Position of requested data.

Returns:

Returns Altitude calculated from the measured local pressure.

getDensity

public Density getDensity(Position pos)

Returns the density of the air at the specified position.

Parameters:

pos - Position of requested data

Returns:

Density at the specific position

getSpeedOfSound

public Speed getSpeedOfSound(Position pos)

Deprecated. More properly a function of the LocalAtm.

Returns the speed of sound for the position.

Parameters:

pos - Position of requested data

Returns:

Speed of Sound at the specific position

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

Returns a String that "textually represents" this object.