package main import ( "math" "fmt" "ioutil" ) // forces_acting calculates the force inbetween the two given stars s1 and s2 // The function return the force func force_acting(s1 star, s2 star) force { // Gravitational constant var G float64 = 6.674 * math.Pow(10, -11) // Distance between the stars var r21 float64 = math.Sqrt(math.Pow(s2.c.x - s1.c.x, 2) + math.Pow(s2.c.y - s1.c.y, 2)) // Unit vector pointing from s1 to s2 rhat := force{s2.c.x - s1.c.x, s2.c.y - s1.c.y} // Calculate how strong the star is affected var F_scalar float64 = G * (s1.mass * s2.mass) / math.Pow(math.Abs(r21), 2) // Calculate the overall force by combining the scalar and the vector var Fx float64 = F_scalar * rhat.x var Fy float64 = F_scalar * rhat.y // Pack the forces in a force structur F := force{Fx, Fy} return F } // forces calculates the forces acting in between a given star and all the other stars in a given array. func forces(stars_arr []star, nr int) { // Iterate over all the stars in the stars_arr for index, _ := range stars_arr { // If the current star is not the star itself if index != nr { // generate a new force and add it to the overall force of the star fa := force_acting(stars_arr[nr], stars_arr[index]) stars_arr[nr].f.x += fa.x stars_arr[nr].f.y += fa.y } } } // calc_all_forces iterates over all the stars in a given array and calculate the forces acting on all stars func calc_all_forces(arr []star) { // Iterate over all the stars for index, _ := range arr { // Calculate the force acting inbetween the given star and all other stars // This utilizes go-routines :D go forces(arr, index) } } // save_as_csv saves all the information stored in the given array to the given path. // If no error occures, the return value is nil func save_as_csv(stars_arr []star, path string) error { var filename string = path + ".txt" var content string // Iterate over all the stars in the given array and add the info the the content that will be saved for _, elem := range stars_arr { content += fmt.Sprintf("%f,%f,%f,%f,%f\n", elem.c.x, elem.c.y, elem.f.x, elem.f.y, elem.mass) } // Return the error and write the data to disc return ioutil.WriteFile(filename, []byte(content), 0600) }