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Digital transient-test techniques

Digital-computer techniques are used to improve the quality and reduce the cost of transient-data processing and transient-test control

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This paper describes the use of digital-computer techniques to improve the quality and reduce the cost of transient-data processing and transient-test control. The reciprocal properties of the discrete Fourier integral transform, coupled with the use of modern digital-computing algorithms, have been used to provide transient-data-distortion compensation, permit the calibration of accelerometers and pressure pickups by transient excitation, and to provide transient-waveform control using electromagnetic exciters. The basic principles of the techniques used are explained, and examples of their applications shown.

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  1. Instrumentation, Aerospace Group Engineering Laboratories, The Boeing Company, 98124, Seattle, Wash.

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Harting, D.R. Digital transient-test techniques. Experimental Mechanics 12, 335–340 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02320491

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