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Direction Cosine Matrix to Wind Angles

Convert direction cosine matrix to wind angles

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  • Direction Cosine Matrix to Wind Angles block

Libraries:
Aerospace Blockset / Utilities / Axes Transformations

Description

The Direction Cosine Matrix to Wind Angles block converts a 3-by-3 direction cosine matrix (DCM) into three wind rotation angles. The DCM matrix performs the coordinate transformation of a vector in earth axes (ox0, oy0, oz0) into a vector in wind axes (ox3, oy3, oz3). For more information on the direction cosine matrix, see Algorithms.

This implementation generates a flight path angle that lies between ±90 degrees, and bank and heading angles that lie between ±180 degrees.

Ports

Input

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Direction cosine matrix, specified as a 3-by-3 matrix, to transform Earth-fixed vectors to wind-fixed vectors.

Data Types: double

Output

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Wind angles (bank, flight path, heading), returned as a 3-by-1 vector, in radians.

Data Types: double

Parameters

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Block behavior when the direction cosine matrix is invalid (not orthogonal).

  • Warning — Displays warning indicating that the direction cosine matrix is invalid.

  • Error — Displays error indicating that the direction cosine matrix is invalid.

  • None — Does not display warning or error (default).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: action
Type: character vector
Values: 'None' | 'Warning' | 'Error'
Default: 'None'

Data Types: char | string

Tolerance of the direction cosine matrix validity, specified as a scalar. The block considers the direction cosine matrix valid if these conditions are true:

  • The transpose of the direction cosine matrix times itself equals 1 within the specified tolerance (transpose(n)*n == 1±tolerance).

  • The determinant of the direction cosine matrix equals 1 within the specified tolerance (det(n) == 1±tolerance).

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: tolerance
Type: character vector
Values: 'eps(2)' | scalar
Default: 'eps(2)'

Data Types: double

Algorithms

The DCM matrix performs the coordinate transformation of a vector in earth axes (ox0, oy0, oz0) into a vector in wind axes (ox3, oy3, oz3). The order of the axis rotations required to bring this about is:

  1. A rotation about oz0 through the heading angle (χ) to axes (ox1, oy1, oz1)

  2. A rotation about oy1 through the flight path angle (γ) to axes (ox2, oy2, oz2)

  3. A rotation about ox2 through the bank angle (μ) to axes (ox3, oy3, oz3)

[ox3oy3oz3]=DCMwe[ox0oy0oz0][ox3oy3oz3]=[1000cosμsinμ0−sinμcosμ][cosγ0−sinγ010sinγ0cosγ][cosχsinχ0−sinχcosχ0001][ox0oy0oz0]

Combining the three axis transformation matrices defines the following DCM.

DCMwe=[cosγcosχcosγsinχ−sinγ(sinμsinγcosχ−cosμsinχ)(sinμsinγsinχ+cosμcosχ)sinμcosγ(cosμsinγcosχ+sinμsinχ)(cosμsinγsinχ−sinμcosχ)cosμcosγ]

To determine wind angles from the DCM, the following equations are used:

μ=atan(DCM(2,3)DCM(3,3))γ=asin(−DCM(1,3))χ=atan(DCM(1,2)DCM(1,1))

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

See Also

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