The following details the implementation of a real-time optical angle-of-attack capability under development at the NASA Ames Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (UPWT). Recent advancements in the integration of high bandwidth imaging systems at the Ames UPWT has laid the groundwork for the deployment of a calibrated, imaging based measurement capability. Some of the measurement goals of this data system include: an estimation of the orientation of a wind tunnel model to six degrees of freedom, measurements made at framerates high enough to time resolve model dynamics, triangulate corresponding points of interest from multiple camera views in three-dimensional space, acquire imagery with no impact to the productivity of the test matrix, provide results in real-time, and finally compute an estimation of the errors associated with the measurement. The following will outline the imaging hardware and data systems architecture, describe the data flow and image processing routines currently implemented, and explore example data and results from previous wind tunnel test entries.


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    Title :

    The Development of a Real-Time Optical Angle-of-Attack Measurement Capability at the NASA Ames Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel


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    Conference:

    AIAA Scitech ; 2022 ; San Diego, Ca, US


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    Publication date :

    2022-01-03


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    Miscellaneous


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    No indication


    Language :

    English