KSU UAS Test Stand Data 2019-2020

This repo contains data, test scripts, visualizations and analysis from the Unmanned VTOL Propulsion Research UAS Static Thrust Bench during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Goals

• Show electric motors have a thermal equilibrium condition.
• Investigate and mitigate thermal runaway
• Determine the functions f1(t) and f2(t) that define motor temperature spikes.

x: time
y: temperature

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                 1   2                 3

    - Temp 1 -> 2 is f1(t)
    - Temp 2 -> 3 is f2(t)

Repo Structure

Folder/File	Description
AIAA_DBF/	Motor testing for AIAA Design Build Fly
cooling_slopes/	Data for determining f1(t) and f2(t). See SpikeSlopeAnalysis.ipynb for more
data_2018_2019	Last year's test data.
data_and_control/	Contains RCBenchmark scripts and unfiltered/sorted data.
eq_proof/	Discussion of motor equilibrium.
kde_level_testing/	Data for thermal runaway. See KDE-Level.ipynb for analysis
vis/	Interactive real-time visualizations that extend RCBenchmarks monitoring capability
AllRunsTempPlots.ipynb	Display all of the time/temp plots in the data_and_control folder
analysis_tools.py	Structures and tools useful to all analysis
KDE-Levels.ipynb	Analysis of thermal runaway. See kde_level_testing for more info.
LastYearDataHandling.ipynb
RunawayCooling.ipynb
ScratchPad.ipynb
SlopeEqCondition.ipynb
SpikeAnalysis.ipynb
SpikeCoolingAnalysis.ipynb
SpikeSlopeCharacterization.ipynb	Analysis of f1(t) and f2(t). See file and cooling_slopes for more.
TempTrendVariations.ipynb