Gyroscopic Testing of Accelerometers to Determine Coning Angle

Abstract

An experiment was performed to determine how accurately accelerometers could measure the coning angle of a spinning and coning laboratory gyroscope. Tests showed that coning angle measurements were well within expected results. The accelerometer can be used with or in place of the yawsonde for determination of flight stability of spin-stabilized projectiles. Keywords: Gyroscope, Comparison, Yawsonde, Accelerometers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200126

Entities

People

  • David J. Hepner
  • Jonathan A. Harrison
  • Nina Mishra

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Amplitude
  • Artillery
  • Classification
  • Detectors
  • Flight Simulators
  • Frequency
  • Gyroscopes
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Munitions
  • Optical Detectors
  • Precession
  • Projectiles
  • Security
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • ballistics.