ImPressOne: A Pressure Display and Acquisition Program for the Low Speed Wind Tunnel at DSTO

Abstract

DSTO operates a low speed wind tunnel within the Air Vehicles Division of DSTO Melbourne. Airspeeds up to approximately 100 m/s can be produced in the empty test section which is 2.7 m wide by 2.1 m high. Acquisition and display of pressure distribution data over a model under test in the wind tunnel is important to the project manager and test engineer so they can monitor the results in near real time as the test progresses. A software package called ImPressOne was developed for this purpose giving a graphical display of the pressure and the ability to acquire pressure sets and save the data to file. This document provides details of the software and its operation. It also provides information on programming and development considerations of the software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA465937

Entities

People

  • Adam Blandford

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Measurement
  • Military Aircraft
  • Operating Systems
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • User Interface
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Database Systems and Applications