Aircraft Ground Vibration Testing Uses LMS Test.Lab

By DE Editors

LMS (Leuven, Belgium) announced that the Spain-based EADS-CASA Military Transport Aircraft Division (EADS-CASA MTAD), a division of the European Aeronautical Defense and Space Organization that develops and manufactures aircraft and space systems, implemented LMS Test.Lab to accelerate its processes for ground-vibration testing for the Airbus A330 MRTT.

The LMS Test Lab Ground Vibration Testing (GVT) solution includes integrated testing and analysis software and is based on interconnected LMS SCADAS III data acquisition front-ends adding up to over 700 channels. This aircraft-testing process includes a series of tests to detect the aircraft resonances as a verification of the aircraft safety and reliability before the first actual test flights.

The channel count of the LMS GVT system enables EADS-CASA to make measurements for a aircraft configuration in a single test instead of the multiple series of tests. Plus, animation tools such as deflection shapes show how parts bend and twist at various frequencies, and the LMS PolyMAX tool analyzes modal test data to identify resonances.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.