A stereo vision-based attitude measurement system for aircraft model in wind tunnel

Author

Chen, Jiechun ; Zhao, Liping

Author_Institution

Coll. of Autom. Eng., Northeast Dianli Univ., Jilin, China

Volume

9

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2010

Abstract

Measuring the attitude of an aircraft model in wind tunnel accurately is one way to improve the accuracy of wind tunnel experiment results. This paper investigates a stereo vision-based attitude measurement system for aircraft model in wind tunnel. To measure the attitude of an aircraft model, a cooperative object mounted on the aircraft model is firstly used to generate two bidirectional collimated laser beams, and then the laser beams are projected onto the surfaces of two screens. A pair of binocular stereo vision measurement systems is used to measure the 3D coordinates of the laser spots on the wall surfaces. Once the 3D coordinates of the laser spots are measured accurately, the attitude of the aircraft model in wind tunnel can be determined. The method for attitude measurement is validated in a controlled laboratory environment, and some preliminary experimental results are presented in the paper.

Keywords

aerospace engineering; aircraft; stereo image processing; wind tunnels; 3D coordinates; aircraft model; attitude measurement system; bidirectional collimated laser beams; controlled laboratory environment; cooperative object; laser spots; stereo vision; wall surfaces; wind tunnel; Atmospheric modeling; Calibration; attitude; model; stereo vision; wind tunnel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Application and System Modeling (ICCASM), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taiyuan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7235-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7237-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCASM.2010.5622994

Filename

5622994