fastga_he.models.propulsion.components.tanks.fuel_tanks.components.sizing_tank_weight module

class fastga_he.models.propulsion.components.tanks.fuel_tanks.components.sizing_tank_weight.SizingFuelTankWeight(**kwargs)

Bases: ExplicitComponent

Computation of the weight of the tank. The very simplistic approach we will use is to say that weight of tank is the weight of unused fuel. Usually the tank weight is included in the fuel systems as well as pipes, pumps, … Since we can’t reuse those formula, and since we don’t have an analytical formula to compute it we will use this simplified approach.

Store some bound methods so we can detect runtime overrides.

initialize()

Perform any one-time initialization run at instantiation.

setup()

Declare inputs and outputs.

Available attributes:

name pathname comm options

compute(inputs, outputs, discrete_inputs=None, discrete_outputs=None)

Compute outputs given inputs. The model is assumed to be in an unscaled state.

An inherited component may choose to either override this function or to define a compute_primal function.

Parameters:

• inputs (Vector) – Unscaled, dimensional input variables read via inputs[key].

• outputs (Vector) – Unscaled, dimensional output variables read via outputs[key].

• discrete_inputs (dict-like or None) – If not None, dict-like object containing discrete input values.

• discrete_outputs (dict-like or None) – If not None, dict-like object containing discrete output values.