A METHOD FOR DETERMINING ERRORS OF A STATIC FIBEROPTIC GYROCOMPASS

Authors
MATISOV IA STRIGALEV VE NIKOLAEV VA IVANOV YV
Citation
Ia. Matisov et al., A METHOD FOR DETERMINING ERRORS OF A STATIC FIBEROPTIC GYROCOMPASS, Technical physics, 42(9), 1997, pp. 1081-1084
Citations number
5
Journal title
Technical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637842
Volume
42
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1081 - 1084
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7842(1997)42:9<1081:AMFDEO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The influence of intrinsic noise and signal drift on the accuracy of a static fiber-optic gyrocompass (FOG) is analyzed theoretically, and a method is proposed to determine the errors of the gyrocompass experim entally. From this it is possible to choose an optimum algorithm for m easuring the FOG signal and calculating the direction angle with respe ct to north. Real measurements of the accuracy of an operating gyrocom pass yield errors of order 1 degrees (rms). (C) 1997 American Institut e of Physics.