Management, archiving and provision of aerodynamic and aeroelastic data - A new database concept

Abstract

In order to share and to improve the usage of high-quality measurement data, a new web ap-plication called "AeDb" (Aeroelastic Database) in combination with a measurement database is presented. AeDb can be used to manage, archive and provide aerodynamic and aeroelastic windtunnel data, numerical simulations, and other project related files such as videos and papers. When flowing through the database the data can be filtered and searched, for example to investigate measurement points with specific parameters. In addition an easy access to the data via Python or MATALB is included as well as the possibility to intuitively generate a new measurement campaign. It also enables a more effective and user-friendly execution of experiments through measurement automatization what in detail means that a measurement point only can be triggered if all persons are "ready" (multi-person-agreement). After the measurement the data gets automatically uploaded and synchronized to the database. For this purpose, this paper first describes how measurement campaigns have been prepared and executed in the past. Afterwards, the requirements that arise due to the age of digitalization and the increasing amount of data will be discussed, followed by a description of the AeDb. Finally, an overview of the used hardware and software is given.