Friday, September 28, 2012

Rocket Man- Revised



Loop ID (i.e. R1, B1, etc)
Loop name
Description of the role that the loop plays in the flight of the rocket. That is, “tell the story” about each loop.
B1
Nothing can stop us
Descent rate increases, the Altitude decreases, and the Air density increase, which leads and increase in the Force of air resistance on the rocked, and that decreases the Descent rate.
R1
The gravity effect
The Descent rate increase leads to a decrease in Altitude, which leads to an increase in the Force of gravity on the rocket. That leads to an increase in Downward acceleration from gravity, which increases the Descent rate even more.
B2
Air resistance
Descent rate increases and cause Force of air resistance on the rocket to increase, leading to a decrease in Descent rate.
B3
Run the horses
When the Descent rate goes up, that will impact the Altitude, which will go down. When the Altitude goes down, the Goal Descent Rate will go down, the Throttle setting will increase, leading the Fuel Burn Rate to increase, decreasing Remaining fuel, which will  decrease the Rocket's mass. The lighter the Rocket is the more Upward acceleration from rocket engine, and that will decrease the Descent rate.
B4
Let’s save some fuel
A Fuel Burn Rate increase leads to less Remaining fuel, that makes the Goal descent rate go up, leading to a decrease in the Throttle setting, and that leads to a decrease in Fuel burn rate.
B5
The faster the lighter
When the Descent rate increases, the Altitude will decrease leading Goal descent rate to decrease. Decreasing Goal descent rate will increase Throttle setting which will increase Fuel burn rate, and that will decrease Remaining fuel. A decrease in remaining fuel will cause a decrease in Rocket’s mass, and that is going to decrease Force of gravity on the rocket, which will decrease Downward acceleration from gravity causing the Descent rate to decrease.
B6
Slowdown
In this loop, when Descent rate increases, Altitude will decrease leading Goal descent rate to decrease. Decreasing Goal descent rate will increase Throttle setting, which will increase Fuel burn rate. That will increase Thrust from rocket burn, increasing Upward acceleration, which will decrease Descent rate.

Delays:
There is a delay between Altitude and Goal descent rate, because when the Altitude changes, it is going to take some time until a decision is made to change the Goal descent rate.


Behaviors: 
B1, B2, and R1 play a big role in the early stages of the flight as they depend on the physics factors rather than the human factor. They help determining the goals of the flight and how to achieve them later on, for example: how to control the throttle. 
 B3, B4, B5 and B6 dominate the final stages of the flight as they involve the human factor, where a goal needs to be set and achieved accordingly.

2 comments:

  1. Hello
    In my opinion loops B3 and B5 in your CLD are the same loops. (Description) Also the placement of the loop symbols B5 and B3 is out side of the actual loop you are describing. May be you can swap the placement of B6 with B5 so it can relate to your descriptions of the loops. Also I think you are missing one of the loop that passes through rocket mass going to upward acceleration. (This could be your B3)

    Hope this helps :)

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  2. Thank you Dhruvie, I made chanes to make it more clear, and I had B3 and B5 confused at one one point in the description, but I fixed it now!

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