FLOATING GYROSCOPES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Abstract

This volume presents a brief survey of the fundamental properties of gyroscopes and their use for the purpose of determining the orientation of a given object (an aircraft, guided missile, etc.) with respect to a certain system of coordinates, which may be fixed or rotating in space in a prescribed manner; the type designations and capabilities of typical differentiating and integrating gyroscopes are examined. Detailed consideration is given to the design, theory, and analytical procedures applied to floating differentiating and integrating gyroscopes, and to certain problems attendant upon their application. The volume contains data pertaining to American floating gyroscopes. The physical bases for inertial navigation systems are outlined briefly. The book is intended for use by engineers working in the field of gyro-mechanism engineering, and may also prove useful to students in the instrument-engineering specialties. (Soviet publisher's announcement)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0618874

Entities

People

  • G. A. Slomyanskii
  • Yu. N. Pryadilov

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Computing Devices
  • Control Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Lepidoptera
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Radar

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers