componentSegmentPathType

A component segment can be deflected as a whole, e.g. a wing that folds or a tilting wing. It turns about its hinge line, and the steps give its position for increasing values of the control parameter, as they do for a control surface (controlSurfacePathType).

hingePoint is the point the hinge line runs through, given in the relative coordinates of the component segment and at a relative height between the lower and the upper surface of the wing (etaXsiRelHeightPointType).
hingeRotation gives the direction of the hinge line as three angles. With all three at 0 the hinge line points along the y axis of the global coordinate system; the angles turn it about the x, then the turned y and finally the twice turned z axis, in the same order as the rotation of a transformation (transformationType).
steps hold the deflection itself (componentSegmentStepType).

The hinge point and the hinge line together span the hinge coordinate system: its origin is the hinge point and its axes are the axes of the global coordinate system turned by the three angles, so that its y axis is the hinge line.

Attributes

Name	Type	Use	Description
`@externalDataDirectory`	`xsd:string`	optional	Directory of the external data file
`@externalDataNodePath`	`xsd:string`	optional	Path of the node inside the external data file
`@externalFileName`	`xsd:string`	optional	Name of the external data file

Child elements

Name	Type	OccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.	Description
sequenceThe children below must appear in exactly this order. Each may repeat as often as its own occurrence allows.
`hingePoint`	`etaXsiRelHeightPointType`	[1..1] required	Point the hinge line runs through
`hingeRotation`	`pointXYZType`	[1..1] required	Direction of the hinge line as three angles about the x, the turned y and the twice turned z axis [deg]; with 0, 0, 0 it points along the global y axis
`steps`	`componentSegmentStepsType`	[0..∞] any number	Positions of the component segment over the control parameter

componentSegmentPathType

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