Goonhub
10-09-2017, 07:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2017, 07:40 AM by Sundance. Edited 2 times in total.)
To put simply: A derivative would be able to tell if the engine temperature (which is implied as power? that's where my knowledge of the engine runs awry) behaves with respect to time.
It plots it essentailly on a curve. Positive deravative would imply that your engine temp is currently increasing. But as was stated in the OP, that can be be fairly obvious when observing the engine. And doesn't extrapolate much useful information.
A second deritvative is essentially doing the same equation twice, but the result is different. It would provide the acceleration of the burn. This is a quantifyable number, it essentially provides a "score" for those acheiving a hellburn other than just simple what MW you reached or what PW you reached. The acceleration of the burn is much better for engineers as they can tell how quickly they can acheive a burn (and possibly for how long).
This is all well and good assuming the natural PV = nRT equation works as intended. But after Exadv looked at gooncode and had a mini stroke, I'm not entirely too sure if it's achievable.
Edit: Fuck my spelling is terrible today.
It plots it essentailly on a curve. Positive deravative would imply that your engine temp is currently increasing. But as was stated in the OP, that can be be fairly obvious when observing the engine. And doesn't extrapolate much useful information.
A second deritvative is essentially doing the same equation twice, but the result is different. It would provide the acceleration of the burn. This is a quantifyable number, it essentially provides a "score" for those acheiving a hellburn other than just simple what MW you reached or what PW you reached. The acceleration of the burn is much better for engineers as they can tell how quickly they can acheive a burn (and possibly for how long).
This is all well and good assuming the natural PV = nRT equation works as intended. But after Exadv looked at gooncode and had a mini stroke, I'm not entirely too sure if it's achievable.
Edit: Fuck my spelling is terrible today.