DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR AN INERTIAL SENSOR TECHNIQUE

Abstract

This program demonstrated the feasibility of a new gyroscope technique for sensing inertially derived control data. This technique measures centrifugal pressures at the surface of a spinning fluid sphere. These pressures represent displacement of the container axis from that of the fluid and are converted to electrical signals by microphones. The two gyroscope models which were built demonstrated low random drift (0.02 degrees hr), large linear range (<0.1 degrees hour to 4 degrees/second with 2% accuracy), short warm-up time (less than 2 minutes), and design simplicity. They are two-axis gyroscopes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0413922

Entities

Organizations

  • Sperry Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Angular Momentum
  • Contracts
  • Coriolis Effect
  • Ferrites
  • Flow
  • Frequency
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Impedance
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Reliability
  • Slip Rings
  • Transducers
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering