Wind Tunnel Testing Capabilities

AVID performs wind tunnel testing to characterize vehicle aerodynamics and propulsion parameters.

Wind tunnel testing capabilities include:

• Design and fabrication of supporting hardware
• Determine appropriate testing procedures and plan data collection
• Conduct wind tunnel testing and data collection
• Reduce data and provide in user-friendly format
• Validate aerodynamic and control system effectiveness models
• Offer technical assistance interpreting data

Wind Tunnel Database Creation

A Wind Tunnel Aerodynamic Model (WAM) generated from wind tunnel data can be used for simulation or control law development.

Wind tunnel data modeling capabilities includes:

• Development in MATLAB, Simulink, or C/C++
• Applicable to data supplied by customer or collected by AVID
• Continuous representation of vehicle aerodynamics over entire flight regime
• Underlying structure can be lookup table or equation-based
• Black box simplicity - vehicle forces and moments output based on input of vehicle state and control inputs
• Analysis of vehicle performance
• Linear stability and control analysis
• Nonlinear 6-degree-of-freedom simulation