Aircraft Model¶

This page documents the Aircraft class, the central container that coordinates constraint, mission, performance, systems, weight, climateimpact, and well‑to‑wake modules in PhlyGreen.

Overview¶

The Aircraft class is responsible for:

• Storing all high‑level aircraft configuration and inputs
• Initializing subsystem models
• Passing inputs between these subsystems
• Coordinating the full simulation workflow

It acts as a data and logic hub, ensuring that all parts of the framework work with consistent and synchronized parameters.

Key Attributes¶

Configuration Parameters¶

• Name — aircraft name
• Configuration — "Traditional" or "Hybrid"
• HybridType — "Serial" or "Parallel" (if hybrid)
• Class — weight estimation fidelity: "I" (simplified) or "II" (FLOPS‑based)
• AircraftType — structural model selection

Sub‑Models¶

The Aircraft object instantiation requires instances of the submodules classes as arguments:

• Systems.Powertrain — gas‑turbine/electric/hybrid power models
• Systems.Structures — structural weight estimation model
• Systems.Aerodynamics — aerodynamic polar model
• Performance — aircraft performance equations
• Mission — mission simulation module and mission profile
• Weight — global mass iteration loop
• Constraint — constraint diagram equations
• WellToWake — well‑to‑wake energy model (fuel + battery)
• Battery — battery electro‑thermal model
• ClimateImpact — climate impact model

Each is wired to the same parent aircraft instance.