Design, Development and Use of a Data Processing and Analysis Software Package for BVI Wind Tunnel Test Data. G.U. Aero Report 9829

Masson, C.A. and Leitch, E.L. (1998) Design, Development and Use of a Data Processing and Analysis Software Package for BVI Wind Tunnel Test Data. G.U. Aero Report 9829. Technical Report. Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow.

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Abstract

The following report details the work required to produce a processing and analysis software package for investigating the recorded data taken during a detailed wind tunnel investigation into Blade Vortex Interaction (BVI) using a loaded and unloaded model rotor blade. In the first instance, the following documents previously developed code designed and written by E. Saliveros (1989) and M. Homer (1991). These previous versions were written to analyse earlier studies into BVI, and were found to have a number of errors present. As a result this code was re-written in an attempt to remove these errors and also to re-process this earlier data. The development of this new code was considerably hampered by the lack of original documentation, however, the new code has been fully documented and also includes a user guide detailed within. Secondly, a detailed description of a new software package written to process and analyse the new BVI data recorded using a different rotor model by C.A. Masson (1997) is given. This code was written using FORTRAN, C and PV-WAVE CL and provides a complete package for processing and analysing all of the recorded wind tunnel data taken during 1997. This newly developed code was written using Graphical User Interface (GUI) techniques in an attempt to make the code as user friendly as possible. Again, a detailed user guide and listings of all the generated code are included.

Item Type:Research Reports or Papers (Technical Report)
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:UNSPECIFIED
Authors: Masson, C.A., and Leitch, E.L.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Autonomous Systems and Connectivity
Publisher:Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 1998 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow
Publisher Policy:Reproduced with the permission of the Department

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