Precise mounting of instruments in universal suspension with skewed axes
Abstract
The problem of resolving the vector of finite rotation into three components along three mutually nonorthogonal axes is solved with the aid of 4x4 quaternion matrices of Rodrigues-Hamilton parameters. The exact solution to this problem is applicable to such practical precision problems as homing an antenna to a target, mounting an instrument on a movable platform, and determining the orientation of an object from readings of a gyroscope set with imprecise initial reading or with skewed gimbals.
- Publication:
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USSR Rept Eng Equipment JPRS UEQ
- Pub Date:
- February 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984RpEE........47P
- Keywords:
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- Axes Of Rotation;
- Mounting;
- Rotation;
- Suspending (Hanging);
- Gyroscopes;
- Matrices (Mathematics);
- Precision;
- Skewness;
- Vectors (Mathematics);
- Instrumentation and Photography