Digital Servocontroller System. Volume 4. Results and Conclusions.

Abstract

This final report describes an exploratory development effort for the design and fabrication of a digital servocontroller system for load control in full-scale air-frame fatigue tests. Each digital controller replaces four analog controllers. The LSI-11/23 microcomputer in the digital controller executes a PI algorithm to implement direct digital control. It may operate in a stand-alone mode or as a slave processor to a master computer via fiber optic link. Other programmable features specifying loop parameters, building load profiles, adjusting control system gains and monitoring alarm and abort conditions. Keywords include: Air frame fatigue tests, load(forces), load control, servocontroller, and digital control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159068

Entities

People

  • Jose A. Lopez
  • Katherine E. Miller

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Airframes
  • Algorithms
  • Checkout Procedures
  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Load Control
  • Personal Computers
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Test Stands
  • Verification

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.