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CPACS 3.3
Release in June 2021
Revision of the mission definition including parameter lapses within segments (
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Revision of the point performance definition (
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Revision of performance requirements (
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Revision of landing gears (
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Revision of control surface tracks definition (
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Load analysis: Revision of flightLoadCasesType (
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Load analysis: Revision of aeroCasesType (
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Load analysis: loadEnvelopesType relocated and envelope simplified to a single uID-Sequence (
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Load analysis: Replaced dynamicAircraftModel elements by loadApplicationPointSets (
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Flight dynamics: Group flightPerformance, flyingQualities and trim under flightDynamics parent node (
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Introduced a configuration node to describe aircraft and payload configurations
Fuselage profiles: Introduced rectangle and super ellipse as standard profiles
Fuselage profiles: Added vector to specify curve parameters for profiles with kinks
Internal structure: Added standard profiles to profile based structural elements
Internal structure: Added ribPosts element to wingRibCrossSectionType
Internal structure: Upper and lowerCap now optional in sparCellType
Internal structure: Stringers and frames can reference sections
MassBreakdown: Set mass inertia Jxy, Jxz and Jyz optional
MassBreakdown: Added mMiscellaneous element
MassBreakdown: Added fuselage walls
Added flight envelope to aircraft global element
Added new base types: doubleVectorBaseType, posIntVectorBaseType, doubleArrayBaseType
Added 'none' and 'inherit' to list of symmetry flags
Set mapType attribute of vector and array elements to optional (requires TiXI>=3.1)
AeroMaps: Defined angleOfSideslip as input and added distinction between minimum and maximum angleOfAttack in aeroLimitMaps (
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AeroMaps: Added missing singular incrementMap element to incrementMaps in aeroLimitsMap (
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AeroMaps: Adopted the camelCase style for damping derivatives (
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Introduced common nomenclature for speeds and altitudes (
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Control distributors are set to optional
Added instructions for superposition of control surface deflections
Further elaboration of development standards
General improvements of the documentation