Development of a Superconducting Six-Axis Accelerometer
Abstract
This report describes research on the superconducting six-axis accelerometer performed at the University of Maryland from April, 1985, to March,1988, under Air Force Contract F19628-85-K-0042. This report consists of four chapters. After an introduction and summary is given in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 discusses the theory of a superconducting six-axis accelerometer. The construction and test of the conducting six-axis accelerometer are given in Chapters 3 and 4, respectively. The superconducting six-axis accelerometer described in this report was invented to monitor the platform motions of a superconducting gravity gradiometer which is under development at the University of Maryland for space application. The signals from the accelerometer will be used to control the position and the attitude of the gradiometer platform. The superconducting six-axis accelerometer represents by itself a complete inertial navigation system. Integrated with the superconducting gravity gradiometer, it becomes a gradiometer-aided inertial navigation system. (RRH)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA215948
Entities
People
- Edgar R. Canavan
- Ho Jung Paik
- Joel W. Parke