MachNumber: MachNumber

In WilliamCooper/Ranadu: Functions for use with RAF aircraft data files

Description

Calculates the Mach number

Usage

MachNumber(P, Q, E = 0)

Arguments

P	A numeric (optionally vector) giving the ambient pressure in hPa
Q	A numeric (optionally vector) giving the dynamic pressure in hPa
E	A numeric (optionally vector) giving the water vapor pressure in hPa

Details

returns the Mach number calculated from ambient and dynamic pressure and, optionally, corrected for water vapor pressure

Value

A numeric (possible vector) giving the MACH Number

Author(s)

William Cooper

Examples

MACH <- MachNumber(500., 50.)
MACH <- MachNumber(700., 60., 1.1)
MACH <- MachNumber (RAFdata$PSXC, RAFdata$QCXC, RAFdata$EWX)

WilliamCooper/Ranadu documentation built on July 10, 2019, 12:40 a.m.