Data Acquisition and Processing
Introduction
Wind tunnel tests are conducted in order to produce large quantities of reliable data for use in aircraft development programs. The electronic signals from the model and tunnel instrumentation must be recorded and processed to obtain the required engineering information.
Proven Experience and Capability
ARA has an established and proven data acquisition system which feeds into a comprehensive, validated data processing suite.
Corrected data is displayed on dedicated screens in real time for most types of test.
Final data is supplied to our customers within minutes of the end of each test sequence in a format specified by the customer.
All software is developed and maintained by a dedicated in-house team of highly experienced software engineers.
Customers can request software modifications and new applications before, during and even after a test.
We have considerable experience in making on-the-fly software
changes at short notice for customers during a test should their
test requirements change.
Technical Information
Data Acquisition:
- Up to 220 steady-state channels recording at up to 10 data points per second on all channels
- Up to 16 Electronically Scanned Pressure Modules each with 64 pressure ports recording at up to 10 data points per second
- Up to 16 SCANIVALVE Modules each with 48 pressure ports recording at up to 10 data points per second
- Up to 64 high-speed channels recording at up to 20,000 data points per second on all channels
Data Processing:
- Standard data items provided by a suite of proven data processing programs established over several decades
- Customer defined data items available upon request at any time before, during or even after a test
