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Density Function

This program is used to calculate air density as a function of altitude


Basic equation: w1 = w0*exo(-Z/RT)
Z = Elevation, ft
Z = Elevation, m
R = 53.35 lb ft/lb m R
R = 287.045 J/kg K
T = 460 +DF
T = 273 + DC
Elevation
Weight Relative Atm Press
Elevation
Density Atm. Press
ft
w1, lb/ft3 w1/w0
psi
m
kg/m3
kPa
-4000
-3000
-2000
-1000
-500
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
8500
9000
9500
10000
10500
11000
11500
12000
12500
13000
13500
14000
14500
15000

15500
16000

0.086
0.083
0.080
0.078
0.076
0.075
0.074
0.072
0.071
0.070
0.069
0.067
0.066
0.065
0.064
0.063
0.062
0.061
0.060
0.059
0.058
0.057
0.056
0.055
0.054
0.053
0.052
0.051
0.050
0.049
0.048
0.047
0.047
0.046
0.045
0.044
0.043
0.043

1.15196
1.112
1.073
1.036
1.018
1.000
0.982
0.965
0.948
0.932
0.915
0.899
0.884
0.868
0.853
0.838
0.823
0.809
0.795
0.781
0.767
0.754
0.740
0.727
0.715
0.702
0.690
0.678
0.666
0.654
0.643
0.631
0.620
0.609
0.599
0.588
0.578
0.568

16.96
16.38
15.81
15.26
14.99
14.73
14.47
14.22
13.97
13.72
13.48
13.24
13.01
12.78
12.56
12.34
12.12
11.91
11.70
11.50
11.30
11.10
10.90
10.71
10.52
10.34
10.16
9.98
9.81
9.63
9.46
9.30
9.14
8.98
8.82
8.66
8.51
8.36

-1219
-914
-610
-305
-152
0
152
305
457
610
762
914
1067
1219
1372
1524
1676
1829
1981
2134
2286
2438
2591
2743
2896
3048
3200
3353
3505
3658
3810
3962
4115
4267
4420
4572
4724
4877

1.38
1.34
1.29
1.24
1.22
1.20
1.18
1.16
1.14
1.12
1.10
1.08
1.06
1.04
1.02
1.01
0.99
0.97
0.95
0.94
0.92
0.91
0.89
0.87
0.86
0.84
0.83
0.81
0.80
0.79
0.77
0.76
0.75
0.73
0.72
0.71
0.69
0.68

116.81
112.75
108.83
105.05
103.21
101.40
99.62
97.88
96.16
94.48
92.82
91.19
89.59
88.02
86.48
84.97
83.48
82.01
80.58
79.16
77.78
76.41
75.07
73.76
72.46
71.19
69.95
68.72
67.52
66.33
65.17
64.03
62.91
61.80
60.72
59.66
58.61
57.58

16500

0.042

0.558

8.22

5029

0.67

56.57

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