bluer: Functions to work with Instron Bluehill 2.0 RawData files

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Functions to work with Instron Bluehill 2.0 RawData files

Description

Bluehill works with samples (created when you start a test) containing specimens The user chooses a sample name and a folder in which to save the sample & results (the study folder).

Details

within the study folder are:

  <sample_name>.is_<test_type>	an xml file describing the sample/test
  <sample_name>.im_<test_type>	an xml file describing the test method
  <sample_name>.id_<test_type>	a binary file (magic number TDAT)
                               containing the recorded data & results

if the data or results have been exported they appear as:
  <sample_name>.is_<test_type>_RawData	a folder containing exported raw data
                                       as Specimen_RawData_<sample_no>.csv
  <sample_name>.is_<test_type>_Results.csv any calcuated results

the <test_type>s available on our system are:

	tens	tension
	comp	compression
	tcyclic	tension profile
	ccyclic	compression profile
	trelax	tension creep/relaxation
	crelax	compression creep/relaxation
	flex	bending

Bluehill 2.0 exported data are structured in folders by sample & specimen. The sample folder name is chosen by the user at the start of a test.

Each sample uses a single test method (which may be changed during the test, complicating matters)

project
  study
    Sample_1
      Specimen_1
      ...
      Specimen_n
    ...
    sample_n
      Specimen_1
      ...
      Specimen_n

For each sample, all specimens should have the same columns Specimen files can optionally contain a header, which may contain a Specimen Label

Each Specimen represents one continuous run of the testing machine (what could normally be thought of as a 'test'). If there are results files, they are in the study folder and named sample_n_Results.csv

At RPH we have used two conventions: Each Specimen in a seperate test folder (so only a single Specimen_Rawdata_1.csv file per folder) or multiple Specimens in a test folder, which wil have several Specimen_Rawdata_n.csv files in the same folder

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