Drift prediction for a roll-stabilized inertial measurement system
A roll-stabilized inertial measurement system is being developed by Sandia National Laboratories. This system will measure three orthogonal-body angular rates and three orthogonal-body accelerations and will calculate three Euler angles for attitude control of small rocket systems and/or large rocket payloads in flight. An analysis of the predicted drift in the Euler angles has been undertaken to aid in the definition of computational hardware characteristics (such as gyro resolution and gyro sample frequency) and to assess the performance of the system over typical trajectories. The method of analysis uses two different techniques to calculate Euler angles and to compare the results. The first technique results in a true Euler angle which is calculated by a Bortz equation (a method to relate vehicle body coordinates to earth coordinates). The second technique simulates the in-flight calculations by including effects of drift from the truncated Bortz algorithm, quantization, and random gyro drift. The comparison results in drift as a function of time for the three Euler angles, roll, pitch, and yaw. Examples of predicted drift over typical trajectories are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6196149
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-82-1877C; CONF-830639-4; ON: DE83012635
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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