Sensitivity and short-term stability high. Design combines superconductivity and magnetic levitation to achieve linear-acceleration sensitivity greater than conventional linear accelerometers, and short-term angular stability better than conventional gyroscopes. Improved accelerometer used to increase precision in inertial navigation and surveying, as sensitive multiple-axis seismic sensor, as component of tensor gravity gradiometer, or to sense accelerations of stabilized platforms or spacecraft.


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    Title :

    Six-Axis Superconducting Accelerometer


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    Publication date :

    1987-07-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English


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