Abstract
The pendulous accelerometer, one with an unconstrained single degree of freedom pendulum operated closed-loop, may well be the most common navigation accelerometer. In this chapter we will consider three types of pendulous accelerometer:
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a generic pendulous instrument,
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the Sundstrand “Q-Flex” design, and
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the silicon micromachined accelerometer.
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Lawrence, A. (1993). The Pendulous Accelerometer. In: Modern Inertial Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0444-9_5
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