Simulation

A copy of the repository of the engine cooling simulator I developed with the propulsion sub-team at UTAT

The implemented class calls NASA CEA via RocketCEA.

In progress install instructions for rocketcea on WSL (Ubuntu) on Windows

  • Setup WSL

    • download and install Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com/wsl

  • Setup visual output on WSL

    • download and install xming https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
    • Do the following in Ubuntu terminal
      • nano ~/.bashrc
      • # add the following line to the end of that file
      • export DISPLAY=:0
      • # to exit Ctrl-X, and save file

  • Setup miniconda as a python 3.x distro and a package manager

    • Do the following in Ubuntu terminal
      • sudo apt install wget
      • cd
      • wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
      • install from command line
    • make sure to know how to open “base” conda virtual environment
    • conda activate base

  • Setup dependencies