Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 1329-1335.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2022.04.31

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Virtual IMU and turntable attitude compensation for HITL simulation

Guofeng ZHOU1,2, Zhe CHEN1,*, Rui LYU1, Haifeng TU1, Shan XU1   

  1. 1. Tactical Weapons Division, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076, China
    2. College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
  • Received:2021-09-21 Online:2022-04-01 Published:2022-04-01
  • Contact: Zhe CHEN

Abstract:

During the hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation experiment, the conventional decoupling method of three-axis turntable mostly does not consider the earth's rotation effect, leading to insufficient similarity and low precision. To solve this problem, a method of virtual inertial measurement unit (IMU) output simulation and turntable attitude compensation with physical IMU is proposed. When there is no IMU, the virtual model can be constructed to output measurement information while turntable attitude command based on earth rotation compensation is executed if IMU device is introduced. The virtual results are consistent with physical IMU under the 13 min flight condition while the maximum error angle is about 0.08°. Difference between simulated and theoretical angles is about 3° without compensation, which is corrected to about 0.01° after compensation added. Simulation results show that the proposed method is correct and feasible, can effectively improve simulation precision, and is suitable for engineering application.

Key words: hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation, inertial measurement unit (IMU) simulation, error and compensation, turntable decoupling, turntable attitude compensation

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