Collision Detection Modelling for Store Release Testing at AMRL

Abstract

The Transonic Wind Tunnel and its state-of-the-art Store Model Support System, provide the Australian Defence Force with the capability to perform aerodynamic grid tests which simulate the release of stores from aircraft. A computer program called CDM, written in Java and Java 3D programming language has been developed to visualise, model, and provide collision detection, for an aerodynamic grid test. The software provides a safe, efficient and cost-effective method to analyse the grid used in an aerodynamic grid test. With its three-dimensional modelling environment, CDM can also be used as a tool for grid point design and visualisation. With a high level of flexibility in the software architecture, CDM can be easily configured for different wind tunnels, test configurations, aircraft and store models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA386238

Entities

People

  • Craig D. Edwards
  • Sunny Leung
  • Yoel Y. Link

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Models
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Mathematical Models
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Operating Systems
  • Three Dimensional
  • Virtual Reality
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Database Systems and Applications