Design Philosophy for Wind Tunnel Model Positioning Systems

Abstract

Wind tunnel testing usually requires positioning of the aircraft model in the airstream. This paper presents the design philosophy for a typical generic automatic control system for use in the wind tunnel facilities at Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and is presently used to accurately control the position and/or velocity of an aircraft in one to six degrees of freedom while taking into account the effects of outside influences. Selection of feedback devices, controller design concepts, safeguard implementation, operator status and display capabilities, and mechanism movement simulation are topics that will be addressed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254958

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  • H. D. Hagar
  • R. G. Butler

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Models
  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Models
  • Simulations
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnel Models
  • Wind Tunnels

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  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design