This paper reviews the challenges involved with instrumentation, data acquisition, analysis, and the application of theory when conducting field experiments in natural aeolian environments.
For more than a decade BGS have operated and developed a programme in geomagnetic observatory instrumentation, data acquisition and processing to enable production of near absolute data from its observatories in near realtime.
Reservoir rock evaluation for determination of formation damage potential is a very extensive and cumbersome task requiring multidisciplinary effort and knowledge of instrumentation, data acquisition, testing and interpretation, and analysis and cross-correlation of various types of data.
Preparation, procedures, instrumentation, data acquisition and results analysis, interpretation and reporting for experimental testing ranging from whole vehicle braking performance on a test track to component performance and material thermophysical properties in the laboratory, are explained and discussed.
The system consists of multifunctional LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) instrument, temperature-acquisition module, programmable DC power supply, and programmable logic controller (PLC).
Suitable acquisition instrumentation comprising an IS multispectral camera mounted on a rotatory device is exemplified.
The HYFI facility consists of three fuel rod capsules with cover gas system, and instrumentation and data acquisition system.
The Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA®) specification implements important key features such as high reliability, high availability, redundancy and serviceability for control and data acquisition instrumentation fault condition, hardware malfunction, firmware updates and hardware reconfiguration.
The goal is to implement a fast hardware replacement solution without system shutdown providing high availability capabilities to AdvancedTCA® control and data acquisition instrumentation specially directed for large fusion experiments such as International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor ITERR).
Strain gauges are used as sensors to meet the requirements of accuracy and sampling rate with a minimal cost, and the design of instrumentation includes data acquisition and processing, layout design and embedded electronic circuit design.
