GustVelocityField

class sharpy.generators.gustvelocityfield.GustVelocityField

Gust Velocity Field Generator

GustVelocityField is a class inherited from BaseGenerator

The GustVelocityField class generates a gust profile velocity field, and the profile has the characteristics specified by the user.

To call this generator, the generator_id = GustVelocityField shall be used. This is parsed as the value for the velocity_field_generator key in the desired aerodynamic solver’s settings.

Notation: \(u_{de}\) is the gust intensity, \(S\) is the gust length and \(b\) is the wing span. \(x\) and \(y\) refer to the chordwise and spanwise distance penetrated into the gust, respectively.

Several gust profiles are available. Your chosen gust profile should be parsed to gust_shape and the corresponding settings as a dictionary to gust_parameters.

This generator takes the following settings

Name	Type	Description	Default
u_inf	float	Free stream velocity	None
u_inf_direction	list(float)	Free stream velocity relative component	[1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
offset	float	Spatial offset of the gust with respect to origin	0.0
relative_motion	bool	If true, the gust is convected with u_inf	False
gust_shape	str	Gust profile shape	None
gust_parameters	dict	Dictionary of parameters specific of the gust_shape selected	{}