A new data acquisition, display and control system for the ARA transonic wind tunnel

Author

Coulton, David G.

fYear

1989

fDate

18-21 Sep 1989

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

49

Abstract

A new data acquisition system has been designed and manufactured by the Systems Department of the Aircraft Research Association (ARA) Ltd. for use in their transonic wind tunnel at Bedford, England. This system is based on a Radstone single-board computer utilizing a Motorola 68020 processor operating on a VME bus. The calibration system, which is referable back to national standards, supplemented by a precision bridge circuit, constantly assures the user of the quality of data being recorded. The authors highlight the development of data logging at ARA and consider the system requirements and specifications. The most important constituent parts of the system are described, as are several planned enhancements

Keywords

calibration; computerised control; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; transonic flow; wind tunnels; ARA transonic wind tunnel; Aircraft Research Association; Motorola 68020 processor; Radstone single-board computer; VME bus; bridge circuit; calibration; computerised instrumentation; control; data acquisition; data logging; display; national standards; Aircraft manufacture; Color; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Data acquisition; Displays; Force measurement; Pressure measurement; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation in Aerospace Simulation Facilities, 1989. ICIASF '89 Record., International Congress on

Conference_Location

Gottingen

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIASF.1989.77657

Filename

77657