De Ponte, JDPieterse, FFBidgood, Peter M2016-10-132016-10-132014-05De Ponte, J.D., Pieterse, F.F. and Bidgood, P.M. 2014. Design and development of an experimental six component wind tunnel block balance using optical fibre sensors. In: 9th International Symposium on Strain-Gauge Balances, Seattle, USA, 19 - 22 May 2014, 8pp.http://hdl.handle.net/10204/88359th International Symposium on Strain-Gauge Balances, Seattle, USA, 19 - 22 May 2014. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item.In order to meet the increasingly stringent requirements for wind tunnel balances, as expressed by the wind tunnel testing community, balance design philosophy needs to be further expanded to include alternative sensor, material, design and manufacturing technologies. These are required to not only improve performance, but also to reduce production costs and lead times. This paper outlines the conceptual design of a six component block balance that uses Optical Fibre Bragg Grating (OFBG) sensors. The six component block balance uses the “two-groove” optical fibre concept. The two-groove optical fibre concept offers a simplified balance design with enhanced sensitivity, and/or higher stiffness, as well as low component interactions and total electromagnetic interference (EMI) immunity. The conceptual balance design was analyzed using FEM. A major design driver was the minimization of component interactions. All but two of the component interactions were below 0.5% of their full scale output values.enOptical fibre sensorsWind tunnel balancesOptical fibre bragg gratingOFBGConference PresentationDe Ponte, J., Pieterse, F., & Bidgood, P. M. (2014). Design and development of an experimental six component wind tunnel block balance using optical fibre sensors. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8835De Ponte, JD, FF Pieterse, and Peter M Bidgood. "Design and development of an experimental six component wind tunnel block balance using optical fibre sensors." (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8835De Ponte J, Pieterse F, Bidgood PM, Design and development of an experimental six component wind tunnel block balance using optical fibre sensors; 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8835 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - De Ponte, JD AU - Pieterse, FF AU - Bidgood, Peter M AB - In order to meet the increasingly stringent requirements for wind tunnel balances, as expressed by the wind tunnel testing community, balance design philosophy needs to be further expanded to include alternative sensor, material, design and manufacturing technologies. These are required to not only improve performance, but also to reduce production costs and lead times. This paper outlines the conceptual design of a six component block balance that uses Optical Fibre Bragg Grating (OFBG) sensors. The six component block balance uses the “two-groove” optical fibre concept. The two-groove optical fibre concept offers a simplified balance design with enhanced sensitivity, and/or higher stiffness, as well as low component interactions and total electromagnetic interference (EMI) immunity. The conceptual balance design was analyzed using FEM. A major design driver was the minimization of component interactions. All but two of the component interactions were below 0.5% of their full scale output values. DA - 2014-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Optical fibre sensors KW - Wind tunnel balances KW - Optical fibre bragg grating KW - OFBG LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2014 T1 - Design and development of an experimental six component wind tunnel block balance using optical fibre sensors TI - Design and development of an experimental six component wind tunnel block balance using optical fibre sensors UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8835 ER -