Airbus selects National Instruments software for wind-tunnel test data processing 

空中客車公司選擇美國國家儀器公司軟件用于風洞測試數據處理

Nov. 22, 2006 – Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most comprehensive family of airliners, selected National Instruments DIAdem data analysis and report generation software as its Europe-wide standard tool for processing wind-tunnel test data, including the effects of specific thermal and aerodynamic parameters on airliners. With NI DIAdem, Airbus test engineers can automate time-consuming, repetitive analysis procedures and streamline the data reporting process to reduce analysis time and make important engineering decisions for their airliners sooner.

11月22日消息——擁有客機家族最廣的、全球領先的飛機制造商空中客車公司選擇了國家儀器公司（NI）的DIAdem數據分析和報告生成軟件作為在全歐洲范圍內處理風洞測試數據的標準工具，包括客機上精確的熱量和空氣動力參數的影響。利用NI的DIAdem，空客的測試工程師可以使耗時重復的分析程序實現自動操作，使數據報告處理實現流線操作，從而減少了分析時間，使他們更快地作出重大的客機工程決定。

Airbus selected Serco Test Systems Inc., a National Instruments Alliance Partner, to refurbish its wind-tunnel facility in Filton, United Kingdom, to include a new data acquisition and control system and an updated control room environment. To accomplish this task, the companies selected DIAdem and National Instruments LabVIEW software, as well as NI FieldPoint distributed I/O hardware, for developing the data acquisition and control system. With the new system, Airbus wind-tunnel test engineers can simulate a variety of flight situations to measure the effects of multiple parameters, such as wind, temperature and force, on a model airplane.

空客選定NI的聯盟伙伴Serco測試系統公司為其在英國的Filton市重新建造了風洞設施，包括一個新的數據采集和控制系統，以及一個升級過的控制室環境。為了完成這個任務，空客和Serco公司選擇了DIAdem和NI的LabVIEW軟件，以及NI FieldPoint 分布式I/O 硬件，用于開發該數據采集和控制系統。通過該新系統，空客的風洞測試工程師可以模擬多種的飛行狀況，以測量眾多參數的影響，例如在一架模型飛機里測量風力、溫度以及氣流等。

Airbus wind-tunnel test engineers also can take advantage of the DIAdem DataPlugin technology to read their proprietary data exchange format, which they developed to archive and share their test data and results among multiple facilities. With support for their critical aerodynamics data in DIAdem, Airbus wind-tunnel test engineers at different sites across Europe can immediately access interpretable test data quickly on their desktop PCs, interactively compare historical and current wind-tunnel test data and collaborate to make important decisions for improving performance and handling quality as well as other characteristics of their airliners.

空客的風洞測試工程師們同時還可以利用DIAdem領先的DataPlugin技術讀取他們自己專為在不同風洞之間保存和共享其測試數據而開發的數據交換格式。利用DIAdem對他們重要的空氣動力數據的支持，在全歐洲不同地方的空客風洞測試工程師可以立即在他們的臺式電腦上快速地訪問可編譯的測試數據，交互比較歷史和當前風洞測試數據，合作做出重要決定，以提高他們客機的性能和操作質量，以及其它特性。

Airbus selected DIAdem for the analysis and reporting of wind-tunnel test data because the software can automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks and significantly reduce the time necessary for processing the test data. At Airbus, the wind-tunnel tests include different airliner characteristics. By standardizing on the new database format and DIAdem, these tests are more efficient to help engineers make decisions quickly.

空客選擇DIAdem用于風洞測試數據的分析和報告是因為這軟件可以使重復而耗時的任務自動完成，極大減少了處理測試數據的必要時間。在空客，風洞測試包括了不同的客機特點。通過將新的數據庫格式和DIAdem標準化，這些測試更有效率地幫助工程師們迅速作出決議。

Before standardizing on DIAdem, Airbus relied on proprietary solutions and other software products, which were not compatible in terms of development and maintenance costs. Airbus engineers working on wind-tunnel data can share their data across a central server and, with DIAdem as their analysis tool, they can quickly generate reports based on the parameters they require. Also, they can easily read their reports in formats that help them better analyze their data, such as 2-D, 3-D and polar graphs.

在DIAdem標準化之前，空客靠自有的解決方案和其它在開發和維護成本上不一致的軟件產品。利用DIAdem作為他們的分析工具，從事風洞數據工作的空客工程師們可以在一個中央服務器之間共享他們的數據，而且在需要的數據的基礎上，他們可以迅速地作出報告。同樣，他們能夠以幫助其更好地分析數據的格式，例如2D,3D或者兩極曲線圖等讀取他們的報告。

Many engineers in the automotive and aerospace industries use DIAdem for interactive and automated analysis and reporting. DIAdem is designed to meet the demands of today’s testing environments in which quick access to large volumes of scattered data, consistent reporting and data visualization are required to make informed decisions. With the data-mining functions in DIAdem, engineers can correlate data based on its descriptive attributes. The software provides connectivity to a wide variety of industry-standard formats and gives engineers the ability to import custom-defined data files.

許多汽車工程師和航天工程師使用DIAdem用于交互和自動分析及報告。DIAdem的設計滿足了現今的測試環境要求，這些環境是作出基于可靠信息決定所必需的，要求在分散數據里可以快速訪問大量數據、一致的報告以及數據可視化。利用DIAdem的數據挖掘功能，工程師們在它的描述屬性基礎上，將數據相互關聯。DIAdem軟件為各種各樣的工業標準格式提供了連接性，而且使工程師可以輸入自定義的數據文件。

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For 30 years, National Instruments has been a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation – a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PXI Express, PCI, PCI Express, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has 4,000 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past seven years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

成立30年來，美國國家儀器公司（NI）一直是虛擬儀器技術的技術先鋒與領導者——虛擬儀器技術這一創新概念已經改變了各個領域的工程師和科學家們進行測試測量和自動化的方式。通過采用PC和商業技術，虛擬儀器技術通過易于集成的軟件，如圖形化開發環境NI LabVIEW，以及基于PXI、PCI、PCI Express、PXI Express、USB和以太網的模塊化測量和控制硬件，為用戶降低測試、控制和設計領域應用的成本，并大幅提高生產效率。NI總部設于美國德克薩斯州的奧斯汀，在40個國家中設有分支機構，共擁有4000多名員工。在過去連續七年里，《財富》雜志評選NI為全美最適合工作的100家公司之一。

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