Application

Strapdown Inertial Navigation System

Working principle

Strapdown Inertial Navigation System (SINS) is developed on the basis of platform inertial navigation system. It is a frameless system composed of three rate gyros, three linear accelerometers and a microcomputer. The main differences between the platform inertial navigation system and the strapdown inertial navigation system are as follows: the former has a solid physical platform, the gyroscope and accelerometer are placed on the gyrostabilized platform, the platform tracks the navigation coordinate system to realize the velocity and position calculation, and the attitude data is directly taken from the ring frame of the platform; The gyroscope and accelerometer of the latter are directly fixed on the carrier as the measurement benchmark, it no longer uses the electromechanical platform, the function of the inertial platform is completed by the computer, that is, a mathematical platform is established in the computer to replace the function of the electromechanical platform, and the attitude data of the aircraft is calculated by the computer, so it is sometimes called "mathematical platform". This is the fundamental difference between the strapdown inertial navigation system and the platform inertial navigation system.

According to the different gyroscopes used, it is divided into a speed type strapdown inertial navigation system and a position type strapdown inertial navigation system. The former uses a rate gyro to output a momentary average angular velocity vector signal; the latter uses a free gyroscope to output an angular displacement signal. The strapdown inertial navigation system eliminates the platform, so the structure is simple, the volume is small, and the maintenance is convenient. However, the gyroscope and the accelerometer are directly mounted on the aircraft, and the working conditions are not good, which will reduce the accuracy of the instrument. The accelerometer of this system outputs the acceleration component of the body coordinate system, which needs to be converted into the acceleration component of the navigation coordinate system by computer, and the calculation amount is large.

In order to obtain the position data of the aircraft, the output of each measurement channel of the inertial navigation system must be integrated. The drift of the gyroscope will cause the angle measurement error to increase proportionally with time, and the constant error of the accelerometer will in turn cause a position error proportional to the square of the time. This is a divergent error (increasing over time) that can be corrected to obtain accurate position data by combining the Shura loop, the gyro compass loop, and the Foucault loop's three negative feedback loops.

The Shura loop, the gyro compass loop, and the Foucault loop all have the characteristics of undamped periodic oscillations. Therefore, the inertial navigation system is often combined with navigation systems such as radio, Doppler and astronomy to form a high-precision integrated navigation system, which makes the system both damped and correctable.

The navigation accuracy of the inertial navigation system is closely related to the accuracy of the earth parameters. High-precision inertial navigation systems use a reference ellipsoid to provide parameters of the shape and gravity of the Earth. Due to factors such as uneven crustal density and topographical changes, there are often differences between the actual values of the parameters of the Earth's points and the calculated values obtained by the reference ellipsoid, and this difference is also random. This phenomenon is called gravity anomaly. . The gravity gradiometer being developed is capable of real-time measurement of the gravitational field, providing earth parameters and solving gravity anomalies.

Advantages:

1. The system structure is extremely simple, reducing the volume and weight of the system, while reducing costs, simplifying maintenance, and improving reliability.
2. There is no commonly used mechanical platform, which shortens the start-up preparation time of the entire system and also eliminates the errors related to the platform system.
3. No frame locking system, allowing all-round (full attitude) work.
4. In addition to providing all parameters that a platform system can provide, it can also provide velocity and acceleration information along the three axes of the projectile body.

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