Aircraft Ground Vibration Test Instrumentation System

Abstract

The Structural Vibration Branch (FIBG) of the Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories is conducting an in-house Ground Vibration Test (GVT) on a full scale F-16 aircraft located inside FIBG's Vibration Aeroelastic facility at Wright-Patterson AFB OH. To measure 120 accelerometer signals simultaneously as required by the GVT, FIBG has designed and fabricated in-house a complete data acquisition system to measure and condition all the required transducer signals. This paper describes the design, configuration, evaluation and calibration of the GVT instrumentation system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP002694

Entities

People

  • David Banaszak
  • Richard Talmadge

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Analyzers
  • Automatic
  • Data Acquisition
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Generators
  • Instrumentation
  • Machine Languages
  • Measurement
  • Modal Analysis
  • Photographs
  • Spectrum Analyzers
  • Tape Recorders
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Aerospace Research.
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