NASA Ames Balance Calibration Technical Notes
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Technical Notes, Memorandums
Brief of AIAA recommended practice for terminology and calibration methods
Maximum Gage Excitation Voltage Limits for Task Balances,
D. D. McMurchy, 1977
Lubrication of Balance and Sting Components, P.W. Laut, 1976
Wind Tunnel Balance Calibration Correlation, Willard Smith, 1972
Calibration and Storage of Task S/G Balances, Inder Chabra, 1963
Company Literature
1960s Able Corporation Balance Description
1960s Task Corporation Balance Description
Forms and Tools for Balances:
Balance Inspection Instructions
Taper Pins and Installation Tools
Rcal (shunt) Resistor Estimates
Creating Shunt Calibration Values for Balances
Balance Pin Hole Location, Standard Format for Task/Able Balances
Force and Moment Sign Convention
Typical Wiring Connections of Task/Able Balances to Ames Wind Tunnel Data System
Links
Task/Able balance purchases and repairs by
Aerophysics Research Instruments
1869 Pomona Road, Unit A
Corona, CA 92880
951-340-4694
aeroinstruments@sbcglobal.net
(Aerophysics acquired much of the intellectual property from Task/Able)
Calspan Force Measurement Systems
AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Strain Gage Tutorials by MicroMeasurements, Inc.:
Videos on Strain Gage Application and Uses
Document Library Including Theory and How to Instructions
StrainBlog for Techniques in Obtaining Accurate, Strain, and Stress Data
Definitions
Shunt Calibration:
The production of a calibration signal by temporarily connecting a resistor in parallel with resistive components in the arm of a Wheatstone bridge to simulate a specific decrease in resistance of those components.
Shunt Calibration Resistor:
Resistor temporarily installed in parallel with resistive components in a Wheatstone bridge arm to simulate a specific decrease in resistance of those components.
Wind Tunnel Related
Tri Models, Inc.,Wind Tunnel Models and Test Hardware.
NACA Report 1135 on Equations, Tables, and Charts for Compressible Flow