HelicoidalWake¶

class sharpy.generators.helicoidalwake.HelicoidalWake[source]¶

Helicoidal wake shape generator

HelicoidalWake class inherited from BaseGenerator

The object creates a helicoidal wake shedding from the trailing edge based on the time step dt, the incoming velocity magnitude u_inf, direction u_inf_direction, the rotation velocity rotation_velocity and the shear parameters

The settings that this solver accepts are given by a dictionary, with the following key-value pairs:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`u_inf`	`float`	Free stream velocity magnitude	`None`
`u_inf_direction`	`list(float)`	`x`, `y` and `z` relative components of the free stream velocity	`None`
`dt`	`float`	Time step	`None`
`shear_direction`	`list(float)`	`x`, `y` and `z` relative components of the direction along which shear applies	`<sphinx.ext.autodoc.importer._MockObject object at 0x7f8a28940ac8>`
`shear_exp`	`float`	Exponent of the shear law	`0.0`
`h_ref`	`float`	Reference height at which `u_inf` is defined	`1.0`
`h_corr`	`float`	Height to correct the shear law	`1.0`
`rotation_velocity`	`list(float)`	Rotation velocity	`None`