Method and apparatus for measuring thrust

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10352784
APP PUB NO 20160202131A1
SERIAL NO

14912520

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Embodiments of the invention relate to a thrust stand and a method of measuring thrust. Embodiments of the invention pertain to a method of calibrating a thrust stand. Embodiments of the subject thrust stand can incorporate a passive eddy current based damper. Specific embodiments of the passive eddy current based damper can function without contact with the balance arm. Further specific embodiments of the passive eddy current based damper can be used in a vacuum. Embodiments can utilize signal analysis techniques to identify and reduce noise. A logarithmic decrement method can be used to calibrate the thrust stand. Force measurements can be made with embodiments of the subject thrust stand for a standard macroscale dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator and/or other thrust producing devices.

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCORPORATED223 GRINTER HALL GAINESVILLE FL 32611

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Roy, Subrata Gainesville, US 48 717
Soni, Jignesh Sarasota, US 4 10

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