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All pictures: P. Koerber
With the MPM (Model Positioning Mechanism), the model in the wind tunnel of DNW can be accelerated up to 2 g
Parallel kinematics with 1FN3 linear motors
for aircraft wind tunnel testing
Dynamic Models
Using a parallel kinematic design construction, the operators of the low-speed
wind tunnel (Niedergeschwindigkeitswindkanal, NWB) in Brunswick, Germany
are able to achieve never-before-seen dynamic load results, enabling aircraft
designs such as those for the new Airbus A380 to be optimized with very little
effort. Six Simodrive 1FN3 linear motors and a Sinumerik 840D NC control
form the heart of the “Model Positioning Mechanism” (MPM).
The Brunswick low-speed wind tunnel
(NWB) is very appropriately located
at the site of a former airport. In existence
for over 40 years, the research facility
located on the grounds of the German
society for aeronautics and aerospace (DLR)
is part of a larger wind tunnel organization
which, as a foundation under Dutch
law known as DNW (German-Dutch wind
tunnels), operates a total of 12 aeronautic
measurement wind tunnels in the Netherlands
as well as Germany.
Six of the test facilities are located in the
Netherlands, and another six in Germany,
including in Brunswick, Goettingen and
Cologne. Together, they cover a speed range
from low subsonic to seven times the speed
of sound (mach 7).
motion world 1/2007