pub fn calculate_spin_damping_moment(
spin_rate_rad_s: f64,
velocity_mps: f64,
air_density_kg_m3: f64,
caliber_m: f64,
length_m: f64,
decay_params: &SpinDecayParameters,
) -> f64Expand description
Calculate the magnitude of the aerodynamic moment opposing spin.
Uses the conventional roll-damping relation
M = 1/4 * rho * V * S * d^2 * |C_lp| * |p|, where S is projectile reference area.
Here C_lp is the derivative with respect to reduced spin p*d/(2*V); conventions using
p*d/V report a coefficient smaller by a factor of two.
The returned value is nonnegative; calculate_spin_decay_rate applies the direction that
opposes the signed spin rate.