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20091103 report

CW/CCW inclinometry updated

04 November 2009


A full clockwise+counter-clockwise inclinometry run was carried out this weekend. There has been an extra week between this and our previous inclinometry run due to SCUBA2 commissioning work being carried out over the weekends. Nevertheless the results are stable with the following results.

    Datasets    El   Dirn      HST       mean leg temperatures    Humidity
                              start      start   middle   end        %
   (20091011    89     cw     07:30       9.4     9.7    10.1       15
    20091011    89    ccw     10:15      10.1    11.0    11.8       19)
    20091101    89     cw     07:45       6.1     6.7     7.6        1
    20091101    89    ccw     10:30       7.6     8.7     9.9        2


The new data are recorded from the 3 active inclinometers and one of the two strain gauge channels. The LT trace which has had problems previously appears to running artificially low for the majority of the run. This channel was subsequently excluded from the model determination and the RT channel was used as a substitute during the analysis.


  • The differences between the (CW) model derived from this run and the previous run on 11th October are shown below.

    Click for larger image

  • The resulting rms scatters in the differences in (F1,F2,F3) are (0.26", 0.70", 0 22") compared to (0.44", 0.65", 0.36") previously.

  • The CW-CCW profile is normal, and is used to generate a hybrid track model which was installed on the 4th November at 14:30.

  • The relative loadings on the wheels continues to remain stable.

    For the most recent strain gauge plots click here.

Contact: Holly Thomas. Updated: Wed Nov 4 14:46:11 HST 2009

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