Universal Wind Tunnel Data Acquisition and Reduction Software

Abstract

A software system was designed to support the data acquisition and reduction requirements of six wind tunnels (three continuous flow and three blow down) and a force/pressure laboratory. In order to make it easier for users to identify and select the command options available, a drop down menu was developed for use as the primary interface between the operator and the software. This drop down menu was developed before window terminals were available, and thus it works on VT100 type terminals. Because some operations/ procedures are reoccurring during a specific test and include a series of menu commands, a macro feature was include as a user maintainable function in order to reduce a set of commands/operations to a single keystroke. The facility hardware configuration and data output formats are coded into the system by editing text files, no compilation or linking is required.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283897

Entities

People

  • Glenn W. Williams

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Calibration
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Data
  • Directories
  • Governments
  • High Resolution
  • Terminals
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Fluid Dynamics.