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ThermophysicalData

Maple 2021 enhances the ThermophysicalData package with reference atmosphere models. These describe how air pressure, temperature, density, and molecular weight typically change with altitude.

restart:withThermophysicalData

Atmosphere,Chemicals,CoolProp,PHTChart,Property,PsychrometricChart,TemperatureEntropyChart

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Two models are available—the 1976 US Standard Atmosphere (the default), and the International Standard Atmosphere.Both are similar but are valid between different altitude limits.

Altitude can be specified as geopotential (the default) or geometric. Geopotential altitude adjusts for the variation in gravity with altitude.

Atmosphere3km,all,altitudetype=geopotential

268.6500K,70108.52215Pa,0.9091219586kgm3,328.5779005ms,0.00001693718731Pas

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Atmosphere3km,all,altitudetype=geometric

268.6591984K,70121.13970Pa,0.9092544424kgm3,328.5835256ms,0.00001693764616Pas

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Altitude is assumed to be in meters if no units are provided.

Atmosphere3000,all,altitudetype=geometric

268.6591984,70121.13970,0.9092544424,328.5835256,0.00001693764616

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Here we plot air temperature, viscosity, density, pressure, and speed of sound as functions of altitude.

plotOptssize=400,400,background=LightGrey,axis=gridlines=10,color=white,titlefont=Arial,16,axesfont=Arial,labelfont=Arial,12,axes=boxed,labeldirections=horizontal,vertical:

plotAtmospherex,temperature,x,x=0..80000,labels=Temperature (K),Altitude (m),plotOpts

 

plotAtmospherex,viscosity,x,x=0..80000,labels=Viscosity (Pa s),Altitude (m),plotOpts

 

plotAtmospherex,density,x,x=0..80000,labels=Density (kg/m3),Altitude (m),plotOpts

 

plotAtmospherex,pressure,x,x=0..80000,labels=Pressure (Pa),Altitude (m),plotOpts

 

plotAtmospherex,speedofsound,x,x=0..80000,labels=Speed of Sound (m/s),Altitude (m),plotOpts

 

 

 

A skydiver free-falls through the atmosphere. The descent is modeled by this differential equation.

dem ⅆ2ⅆt2yt=mg+12ACdρtvelt2,velt=ⅆⅆtyt:

where

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m is mass

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g is acceleration due to gravity

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Cd is the drag coefficient

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ρ(t) is the air density

 

Air density ρ varies with altitude.

ρtAtmosphere:-Propertydensity,yt:

 

Define the other parameters:

A1:m85:Cd0.58:g9.8:

 

Numerically solve the differential equation.

soldsolvede,vel0=0,y0=22000,Dy0=0,numeric,known = Atmosphere:-Property, range=0..250

solprocx_rkf45_dae...end proc

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Plot the altitude vs. time, velocity vs. time, and velocity vs. altitude.

plots:-odeplotsol,t,yt,t=0..250,labels=time (s),Altitude (m),plotOpts

plots:-odeplotsol,t,velt,t=0..250,plotOpts

plots:-odeplotsol,velt,yt,t=0..250,plotOpts