• DocumentCode
    1410416
  • Title

    A New Algorithm for Strapped-Down Inertial Navigation

  • Author

    Wilcox, James C.

  • Author_Institution
    TRW Systems, Redondo Beach, Calif. 90278
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    796
  • Lastpage
    802
  • Abstract
    When a whole-number digital computer, rather than an incremental digital computer, is used to solve the strapped-down inertial navigation computational problem, the approximate direct solution of the direction-cosines matrix equation is no longer the optimal algorithm. The Euler parameters are demonstrated to afford improved accuracy and reduced computation time when used in an appropriate algorithm. A new method of classifying the transformation errors is developed and used.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace and electronic systems; Computer errors; Differential equations; Finite wordlength effects; Gyroscopes; Inertial navigation; Neck; Quantum computing; Quaternions; Tensile stress; Algorithm; computer; inertial; navigation; strap down; transformation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1967.5408867
  • Filename
    5408867
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1410416