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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967545103321

Autore

Lawrence Anthony <1935->

Titolo

Modern Inertial Technology : Navigation, Guidance, and Control / / by Anthony Lawrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998

ISBN

1-4612-1734-2

Edizione

[2nd ed. 1998.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 278 p.)

Collana

Mechanical Engineering Series, , 2192-063X

Disciplina

629.132/51

Soggetti

Mechanical engineering

Automatic control

Robotics

Automation

Mechanical Engineering

Control, Robotics, Automation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. An Outline of Inertial Navigation -- 2. Gyro and Accelerometer Errors and Their Consequences -- 3. The Principles of Accelerometers -- 4. The Pendulous Accelerometer -- 5. Vibrating Beam Accelerometers -- 6. The Principles of Mechanical Gyroscopes -- 7. Single-Degree-of-Freedom Gyroscopes -- 8. Two-Degree-of-Freedom Gyroscopes -- 9. The Dynamically Tuned Gyroscope -- 10. Vibrating Gyroscopes -- 11. The Principles of Optical Rotation Sensing -- 12. The Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyro -- 13. The Ring Laser Gyro -- 14. Passive Resonant Gyros -- 15. Testing Inertial Sensors -- 16. Design Choices for Inertial Instruments.

Sommario/riassunto

Mechanical Engineering, an engineering discipline borne of the needs of the in­ dustrial revolution, is once again asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal. The general call is urgent as we face profound issues of pro­ ductivity and competitiveness that require engineering solutions, among others. The Mechanical Engineering Series features graduate texts and research mono­ graphs intended to address the need for information in contemporary areas of me­ chanical engineering. The series is conceived as a comprehensive one



that covers a broad range of concentrations important to mechanical engineering graduate education and re­ search. We are fortunate to have a distinguished roster of consulting editors on the advisory board, each an expert in one of the areas of concentration. The names of the consulting editors are listed on the next page of this volume. The areas of concentration are applied mechanics, biomechanics, computational mechanics, dynamic systems and control, energetics, mechanics of materials, processing, ther­ mal science, and tribology. I am pleased to present this volume in the Series: Modern Inertial Technology: Navigation, Guidance, and Control, Second Edition, by Anthony Lawrence. The selection of this volume underscores again the interest of the Mechanical Engi­ neering series to provide our readers with topical monographs as well as graduate texts in a wide variety of fields.