Lance configuration Q-flex accelerometer design verification

Sundstrand Data Control (SDC), Inc. was awarded a contract during August 1977 to perform design analysis, fabrication and testing on three Quartz Flexure Accelerometers built to meet the requirements of Lance Missile Interim Specification (MIS) Number 13227C, dated 24 September 1975. The main thrust of the program with Sundstrand was to improve the Q-Flex Accelerometer performance in the area of bias thermal hysteresis (BTH). The design analysis portion of the program was performed to establish alternative methods to improve BTH.