Software Design for a Fatigue Monitoring Data Acquisition System

Abstract

The software for an aircraft fatigue monitoring data acquisition system was designed and implemented on a prototype instrument to evaluate the feasibility of employing such a system in the data collection process for the determination of fatigue effects in aircraft structures. The operating software and the associated hardware are described herein; options for actual implementation in light of rapid technological developments are hypothesized and discussed. Separate software packages provide for the data collection and retrieval, including the pre-processing of data to a form which is suitable for computation. Results of test cases are presented where the software is proved by comparison of output to controlled input signals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031816

Entities

People

  • Charles L. Butler

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Aircrafts
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Fatigue Life
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Models
  • Operating Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Software Design
  • System Software
  • Tape Recorders

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design