Videogrammetry and its Application on Attack Angle Measuring in Wind Tunnel Testing

Abstract

The videogrammetric measurement is a favorite technology in wind tunnel testing, because it neither destroys the model’s shape, nor changes the stiffness or strength. In this paper, a videogrammetric measurement system(VMS) is introduced, and it is used to measure model’s attack angle. Three engineering videogrammetric experiments of attack angle in 2 meter supersonic wind tunnel testing have demonstrated that the precision of VMS established by this paper is ≤0.0094°, so it is useful and effective.