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Force and Moment Measurements with Pressure-Sensitive Paint
Technical Paper
1999-01-5601
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The desire to provide integrated surface pressures for aerodynamic loads measurements has been a driving force behind the development of pressure-sensitive paint (PSP). To demonstrate the suitability of PSP for this purpose, it is not sufficient to simply show that PSP is accurate as compared to pressure taps. PSP errors due to misregistration or temperature sensitivity may be high near model edges, where pressure taps are rarely installed. Thus, PSP results will appear good compared to the taps, but will yield inaccurate results when integrated. A more stringent technique is to compare integrated PSP data over the entire model surface with balance and/or CFD results. This paper describes a simple integration method for PSP data and presents comparisons of balance and PSP results for three experiments. PSP is shown quite accurate for normal force measurements, but less effective at determining axial force and moments.
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Bell, J., "Force and Moment Measurements with Pressure-Sensitive Paint," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-5601, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-5601.Also In
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