Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (9): 2903-2913.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2022.09.25

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Inertial-frame-based transfer alignment using Rodriguez parameters

Geng XU*, Yongxu HE, Yonggang ZHANG   

  1. College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • Received:2021-09-29 Online:2022-09-01 Published:2022-09-09
  • Contact: Geng XU

Abstract:

Aiming at the strong nonlinear problem for the conventional transfer alignment model with large misalignment angle and the problem of the degraded alignment accuracy induced by the residual lever arm error, an improved inertial-frame-based transfer alignment (ITA) method is proposed for inertial navigation system (INS). Firstly, a constant attitude matrix is obtained based on the chain rule for the attitude matrix of slave INS. Then, the constant attitude matrix is equivalently replaced by the Rodriguez parameter, and a novel transfer alignment model with weakly nonlinear measurement equation is established based on the Rodriguez parameter and the residual lever arm error. Finally, the nonlinear Kalman filters are implemented for the estimation. Simulation results under the sway motion illustrate that when the installation error angles are large and the residual lever arm error exists, the ITA method has the faster alignment speed and the better alignment accuracy than existing transfer alignment methods, and the transfer alignment can be completed in 5~10s. The field test results also illustrate that the ITA method has significantly better alignment performance.

Key words: inertial navigation system (INS), transfer alignment, nonlinear Kalman filter, installation error angle, misalignment angle

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