INVESTIGATION OF A LINEAR MODEL OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GAS SERVO SYSTEM,

Abstract

Results are given of an initial analog computer study of a linear mathematical model of the hot gas servo system; the study is part of a program leading to application of such servo systems to missile thrust vector control. The system consists basically of a pressure controlled force servo with position feedback. Both velocity feedback and compensation on the position error are used for stability and response shaping. The essential components of the system are a torque motor, gas servo valve and actuator assembly, position and velocity transducers, and a servo amplifier and associated shaping networks. The system furnishes a linear position output which is proportional to an electrical input signal. For a given input signal, a given pressure differential is set up in the actuator resulting in a given force. The position loop senses actuator position, compares it with the input signal, and modifies the pressure to achieve the desired position.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 14, 1960
Accession Number
AD0608903

Entities

People

  • F. C. Rieman
  • W. Tsusaki

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Amplifiers
  • Analog Computers
  • Assembly
  • Compensation
  • Computers
  • Feedback
  • Gases
  • Hot Gases
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.