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Improvements to NIST’s Air Speed Calibration Service

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Iosif I. Shinder, Michael R. Moldover, Christopher J. Crowley, Bernard J. Filla

Abstract

We discuss five significant improvements to the Air Speed Calibration Service conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): 1. Reduced-uncertainty calibration of the secondary standard [Laser Doppler Anemometer, (LDA)] using a spinning disk, 2. Reduced-uncertainty LDA measurements that account for the position-dependence of the air speed in the test section and for window effects, 3. Improved repeatability, precision, and ease of calibrations by using automated data acquisition and PID air speed control, 4. Optical Character Recognition data acquisition system for anemometers lacking electrical outputs 5. Up-to-date uncertainty budget of the LDA
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Flow Measurement and Instrumentation
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Journals

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Keywords

Airspeed Calibration, Primary Standard, Wind Tunnel
Metrology

Citation

Shinder, I. , Moldover, M. , Crowley, C. and Filla, B. (2014), Improvements to NIST’s Air Speed Calibration Service, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=916169 (Accessed November 12, 2024)

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Created December 8, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017