Development of a Procedure for Torsion Measurement Using a Fan-Shaped Distance Meter System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Torsion Measurement
2.1. Concept
2.2. Simulation
3. Practical Implementation
3.1. Measurement Setup and Data Acquisition
3.2. Comparison of the Rotation Angles φ
3.2.1. Comparison between Data Sets
3.2.2. Comparison within the Data Group
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Plane | Data Group | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vertical | Rotated | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Average FDMS [°] | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Average MI [°] | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.08 | |
SRA FDMS [°] | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |
SRA MI [°] | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
2 | Average FDMS [°] | 0.05 | 3.05 | 3.11 | 1.59 | 6.35 |
Average MI [°] | 0.02 | 3.21 | 3.24 | 1.69 | 6.57 | |
SRA FDMS [°] | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | |
SRA MI [°] | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |
3 | Average FDMS [°] | 0.03 | 3.08 | 5.48 | 4.82 | 13.59 |
Average MI [°] | 0.01 | 3.28 | 5.70 | 5.06 | 13.91 | |
SRA FDMS [°] | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.11 | |
SRA MI [°] | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Plane | Data Group | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vertical | Rotated | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1–2 | Average FDMS [°] | 0.49 | 2.52 | 2.50 | 2.13 | 6.92 |
Average MI [°] | 0.40 | 3.11 | 3.12 | 1.86 | 6.75 | |
SRA FDMS [°] | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.09 | |
SRA MI [°] | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |
1–3 | Average FDMS [°] | 0.35 | 2.69 | 5.02 | 5.22 | 14.01 |
Average MI [°] | 0.57 | 2.88 | 5.28 | 5.48 | 14.37 | |
SRA FDMS [°] | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.14 | |
SRA MI [°] | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
2–3 | Average FDMS [°] | 0.14 | 0.18 | 2.52 | 3.09 | 7.09 |
Average MI [°] | 0.47 | 0.63 | 2.27 | 3.72 | 7.66 | |
SRA FDMS [°] | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
SRA MI [°] | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
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Goering, M.; Luhmann, T. Development of a Procedure for Torsion Measurement Using a Fan-Shaped Distance Meter System. Sensors 2023, 23, 8603. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23208603
Goering M, Luhmann T. Development of a Procedure for Torsion Measurement Using a Fan-Shaped Distance Meter System. Sensors. 2023; 23(20):8603. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23208603
Chicago/Turabian StyleGoering, Martina, and Thomas Luhmann. 2023. "Development of a Procedure for Torsion Measurement Using a Fan-Shaped Distance Meter System" Sensors 23, no. 20: 8603. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23208603