Introducing models of ducted fan propulsion #104
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This PR introduces a new propulsion architecture to TASOPT: ducted fans. These fans are assumed to be powered by a system that can provide mechanical power (e.g., an electric motor). Models for motors and cables are currently in development by @askprash, but have not been pulled in yet.
The ducted fan models are based on the existing turbofan models, but the core has been removed. Two functions are introduced:
ductedfansize!()
sizes the ducted fan for a desired mission point andductedfanoper!()
calculates the off-design performance for specified power or thrust.The function
ductedfanoper!()
solves a small non-linear problem by using the NLsolve.jl suite. This is not as efficient as the direct Jacobian computation intfoper!()
but is easier to modify.