Turbulence

The file gui.yaml

Example:

gui:
    project: hydra20_600.yml             # the selected project
    default_turbulence: 1.0              # default turbulence level for simulations, between 0.0 and 1.0

The file gui.yaml stores the default turbulence. It can be changed using a menu entry. The project entry is not used for the examples of this package.

The second menu

To show the second menu, type menu2(). You should see:

Choose function to execute or `q` to quit: 
 > set_default_turbulence()
   plot_cl_cd_plate = include("plot_cl_cd_plate.jl")
   plot_side_cl = include("plot_side_cl.jl")
   steering_test_4p = include("steering_test_4p.jl")
   plot_parking_test = include("plot_parking_test.jl")
   calculate_rot_inertia = include("calculate_rotational_inertia.jl")
   show_kite = include("../examples_3d/show_kite.jl")
   parking_4p = include("../examples_3d/parking_4p.jl")
   auto_parking_4p = include("../examples_3d/auto_parking_4p.jl")
   parking_wind_dir = include("../examples_3d/parking_wind_dir.jl")
   build_docu = include("../scripts/build_docu.jl")
 > quit

The first menu entry can be used to set the default turbulence.

Turbulence

The relative turbulence (use_turbulence) can be specified at two locations:

1. as default_turbulence in the file gui.yaml
2. in one of the settings_*.yaml files in the section environment

The first entry has the highest priority.

The value from the settings_*.yaml files is mainly used for the examples of the first menu.

For further details on the mathematical model, used to create the turbulent wind field, look at AtmosphericModels.jl.

The example "parking_wind_dir.jl" produces the following output:

Without turbulence

With turbulence (8.9% turbulence intensity)

The turbulence intensity at the height of the kite is calculated and printed when running the example.