Optical position measurement for a large gap magnetic suspension system : Design and performance analysis

Author:: Clemmons, James I., Jr.
Published:: Jun 1, 1994.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators:: Shelton, Kevin J., Welch, Sharon S., and Duncan, Walter C.

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An optical measurement system (OMS) has been designed and tested for a large gap magnetic suspension system (LGMSS). The LGMSS will be used to study control laws for magnetic suspension systems for vibration isolation and pointing applications. The LGMSS features six degrees of freedom and consists of a planar array of electromagnets that levitate and position a cylindrical element containing a permanent magnet core. The OMS provides information on the location and orientation of the element to the LGMSS control system to stabilize suspension. The hardware design of this optical sensing system and the tracking algorithms are presented. The results of analyses and experiments are presented that define the accuracy limits of the optical sensing system and that quantify the errors in position estimation.

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LASERS AND MASERS

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Document ID: 19940032439.
Accession ID: 94N36946.
NASA-TP-3438.
NAS 1.60:3438.
L-17257.

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