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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Airbus Operations (Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Kordt, Hamburg, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A wind tunnel balance, with a tunnel wall adaptor configured to fasten the wind tunnel balance to a wall of a wind tunnel, an actuator housing connected to the tunnel wall adaptor, a plurality of force sensors arranged between the actuator housing and the tunnel wall adaptor and which are configured to detect forces acting on the actuator housing, a pivot coupling, by means of which an airfoil model of an aircraft can be pivotably coupled to the actuator housing, and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators arranged in the actuator housing and which are configured to controllably deflect an airfoil model mounted on the pivot coupling in three spatial directions.