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Method and system for determining a force acting on a body

US8977508B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Winfried Kuehn · Delmenhorst, DE
Klaus-Peter Neitzke · Bremen, DE
Andreas Schroeder · Weinheim, DE
Eric Wilhelmus Maria Roosenboom · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2010
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01P5/001
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a system for determining forces which act on a body with a controlled volume which is provided inside the flow tunnel and in which the body is arranged. A first measuring means is used to measure a pressure distribution for each surface defining the controlled volume. A second measuring means measures a velocity field for each defining surface of the controlled volume. Furthermore, a calculation unit is provided for calculating the forces acting on the body as a function of the pressure distributions and velocity fields measured for the defining surfaces of the controlled volume.

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