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20050213 report

CW Inclinometry update


Inclinometry was done as follows :

    Datasets  El Dirn     HST     mean leg temperatures   Humidity
                          start     start   middle   end       %
  ( 20050206  90  cw      04:15      2.0      2.1    2.1     100 )
    20050213  90  cw      08:25      1.9      2.1    2.4      70

All inclinometry and temperature data channels look; Ch13 - the #1 strain gauge - is still not functional.

The difference between the CW model resulting from these new data and the previous one of 06 Feb is shown below:

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  • The noticeable, but small (+-1") humps in this difference plot mainly mirror those seen previously - implying some sort of reversion . . . The 2" artifact in F1 at az=345 is in the 20050206 dataset and not this new one.

  • The differences in (F1,F2,F3) are described by rms scatters of (0.49", 0.19", 0.23") c.f. (0.54", 0.37", 0.28") previously.

  • The new CW model was merged with the (CW-CCW) template to create a new hybrid track model, which was installed at HST 05:00 on 14 February 2005.
  • The symmetry (defined here) is a little 'better'. The wheel loads - as judged from strain gauge No.2 only - are OK.

Contact: Iain Coulson. Updated: Mon Feb 14 05:17:54 HST 2005

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