Equipment
A number of pieces of experimental equipment have been fitted with sensors and actuators to allow them to be operated remotely. Each of the sensors and actuators is interfaced with a PC running the ReLOAD Experiment Server software, via various data acquisition boards. Each piece of equipment is also monitored via a high speed webcam, to allow the user to observe the experiment as they would in a traditional laboratory session. Details of some of the equipment that is ReLOAD enabled in this way is given below.
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Vibrating Cantilever Beam
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Equipment
The experimental equipment consists of a steel cantilever beam with strain
gauges to record deflection, a shaker that acts as an electro-magnetic damper,
an electro magnet to apply an initial deflection to the beam, a web cam to
record the motion, all connected to a PC with LabVIEW and ReLOAD data
acquisition software.
Using ReLOAD, the amount of damping applied to the beam can be changed
and its affects on the beam's response recorded.
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Position Servo Motor
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Equipment
The experimental equipment is housed in two boxes connected to each other
by a ribbon cable. One box contains the controller, which is connected to
a PC with LabVIEW and ReLOAD data acquisition software and the second
houses the motor and gearbox which is connected to a tachogenerator and output
position potentiometer.
Using ReLOAD, P1, the Forward Path gain and and P2, the Velocity
Feedback Gain, can be varied and its affects on the motor's response recorded.
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Smart Lumped Mass Cantilever Beam
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The experimental equipment consists of an aluminium lumped
mass cantilever beam with strain gauges, lasor sensors and minature accelerometers
to capture the structures motion, a shaker used to apply active damping, an
electro magnet to apply an initial deflection to the beam, a web cam to record
the motion, all connected to a PC with LabVIEW and ReLOAD data acquisition
software.
Using ReLOAD, the amount of damping applied to the beam can be changed
and its affects on the beam's response recorded.
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