pyRTX.core.physical_utils

Functions

compute_srp(flux, mesh_obj, index_tri, ...)

Compute the SRP force

preprocess_RTX_geometry(mesh_obj)

Preprocess the RTX output to obtain the information required

preprocess_materials(material_dict)

Get the material properties and set up an array for handling Parameters: material_dict: a dictionary with the shape: {'props': dictionary of properties for each material, 'idxs': indexes of faces associated with each material}

srp_core(flux, indexes_tri, indexes_ray, N, ...)

Core of SRP computation.

pyRTX.core.physical_utils.preprocess_RTX_geometry(mesh_obj)[source]

Preprocess the RTX output to obtain the information required

pyRTX.core.physical_utils.preprocess_materials(material_dict)[source]

Get the material properties and set up an array for handling Parameters: material_dict: a dictionary with the shape:

{‘props’: dictionary of properties for each material, ‘idxs’: indexes of faces associated with each material}

Returns: prop_container: a (len(mesh), 2) numpy array containing [specular, diffuse] coefficients for each face of the mesh

pyRTX.core.physical_utils.srp_core(flux, indexes_tri, indexes_ray, N, S, norm_factor, mesh_obj, materials='None', diffusion=False, num_diffuse=None, diffusion_pack=None)[source]

Core of SRP computation. Highly vectorized version. For explicit algorithm implementation refer to the old version

Parameters: flux: solar flux (float, W/m^2) indexes_tri: indexes of intersected triangles indexes_ray: indexes of intersecting rays N: normals S: incident direction vectors norm_factor: normalization factor computed from ray spacing (float) mesh_obj: trimesh.Trimesh object [Not used for now, will be used when interrogating mesh

for surface properties]

Returns: force: np.array of SRP force

pyRTX.core.physical_utils.compute_srp(flux, mesh_obj, index_tri, index_ray, location, ray_origins, ray_directions, pixel_spacing, materials='None', grouped=True, diffusion=False, num_diffuse=None, diffusion_pack=None)[source]

Compute the SRP force

Parameters: flux: Solar input flux [W/m^2] A: areas of the mesh faces s: incident ray directions r: reflcted ray directions n: normal unit vector to the faces