Automatic data evaluation, manipulation, display, and plotting with speed

A users guide for RAPID, version 2.3

“…To run any version of RAPID, load one of the versions, assign logical unit 1 where <RAPID_command_line_options> is a one record file (record length up to 66 characters) that contains one of three possible options (described in sec. 2.3 below).…”

“…A number of gas analyzers are predefined in the program and are available for use by the command "GAS%" as the curve fit identification number as detailed in section 8. 1 The Test Data File A minimum of two data files are required for analysis of test data using RAPID: the test data (collected by an automatic data acquisition system), and a control data file to supervise the execution of the program. This section describes different formats for the file of data collected by a data acquisition system.…”

“…Whether "Z" or "R" is used depends on during which set of scans ("zero" or "span") concentration C2 was used. open (NPDI [1])…”

“…CON is the conversion factor from output to static pressure (pascals per unit output), g open (NPDI [1])…”

“…A^^net heat of combustion, kJ/kg A/'^pressure difference at height z with respect to ambient static pressure, Pa Computer Services Division of NBS with a proposal concerning the design of a series of computer programs to facilitate the analysis of automatically recorded data. During the following 2 years, a system of programs called SPEED (Systematic Plotting and Evaluation of Enumerated Data) was developed and tested [1]^T his system was announced at the Ninth Annual Technical Symposium of the Association for Computing Machinery and in an article in Computer Graphics. The following paragraphs, quoted from the Computer Graphics article, indicate the need for SPEED is still valid:…”