fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.assembly.properties.features
Class Facet

java.lang.Object
  fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.assembly.properties.features.Facet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CrossSectionProvider

public final class Facet
extends Object
implements CrossSectionProvider, Serializable

This class is a cross section provider.

Note that the use of this class implies a constant area which may not be suited for some application such as reentry.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Id: Facet.java 17588 2017-05-10 13:31:54Z bignon $

Author:

Thomas Trapier

See Also:

CrossSectionProvider, Serialized Form

Concurrency :

immutable

Constructor Summary

Facet(Vector3D inNormal, double inArea)
Simple constructor.

Method Summary

double	getArea()
double	getCrossSection(Vector3D direction) Computes the cross section from the direction defined by a Vector3D.
Vector3D	getNormal()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Facet

public Facet(Vector3D inNormal,
             double inArea)

Simple constructor.

Parameters:

inNormal - vector normal to the facet

inArea - facet area

Method Detail

getNormal

public Vector3D getNormal()

Returns:

unit normal vector

getArea

public double getArea()

Returns:

facet area

getCrossSection

public double getCrossSection(Vector3D direction)

Description copied from interface: CrossSectionProvider

Computes the cross section from the direction defined by a Vector3D.

Specified by:

getCrossSection in interface CrossSectionProvider

Parameters:

direction - the direction vector

Returns:

the cross section