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Introduction to Inertial Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

D. E. Adams
D. E. Adams
Affiliation:
(Ministry of Supply)
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Inertia is that property of matter which opposes change of motion. Inertial navigation systems utilize this property for the detection and measurement of linear accelerations and rotations in order to arrive at velocity change and displacement relative to some known initial state in a particular frame of reference.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1956 , pp. 249 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1956

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