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| '''Schuler tuning''' is a modification to the electronic control system used in [[inertial navigation system]]s that accounts for the curvature of the Earth. An inertial navigation system, used in submarines, ships, aircraft, and other vehicles to keep track of position, determines directions with respect to three [[Coordinate axis|axes]] pointing "north", "east", and "down". To detect the vehicle's orientation, the system contains an "[[inertial platform]]" mounted on [[gimbal]]s, with [[gyroscope]]s that keep it pointing in a fixed orientation in space. However, the directions "north", "east" and "down" change as the vehicle moves on the curved surface of the Earth. Schuler tuning describes the modifications necessary to an inertial navigation system to keep the inertial platform always pointing "north", "east" and "down", so it gives correct directions on Earth.
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| ==Principle==
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| As first explained by German engineer [[Maximilian Schuler]] in a 1923 paper,<ref>{{cite journal
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| | title = Die Störung von Pendel und Kreiselapparaten durch die Beschleunigung des Fahrzeuges
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| | accessdate = 2008-12-02}}</ref> a [[pendulum]] whose period exactly equals the [[orbit]]al period of a hypothetical [[satellite]] orbiting just above the surface of the [[Earth]] (about 84 minutes) will tend to remain pointing at the center of the Earth when its support is suddenly displaced. Such a pendulum would have a length equal to the radius of the Earth. Consider a [[simple gravity pendulum]], whose length equals the [[radius]] of the Earth, suspended in a uniform gravitational field of the same strength as that experienced at the Earth's surface. If suspended from the surface of the Earth, the bob of the pendulum would be at the center of the Earth. If it is hanging motionless and its support is moved sideways, the bob tends to remain motionless, so the pendulum always points at the center of the Earth. If such a pendulum were attached to the inertial platform of an inertial navigation system, the platform would remain level, facing "north", "east" and "down", as it was moved about on the surface of the Earth.
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| A rigid pendulum may also be made to have the required period, with a pivot near its [[center of gravity]].<ref>[http://accessscience.com/content/Schuler-pendulum/606900 Schuler Pendulum] by Robert H. Cannon, Accessscience.com</ref>
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| The '''Schuler period''' can be derived from the classic formula for the period of a [[pendulum]]:
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| :<math>T = 2\pi \sqrt\frac{L}{g} \approx 2\pi \sqrt\frac{6378100}{9.81} \approx 5066 \ \text{seconds} \approx 84.4 \ \text{minutes}</math>
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| where '''''L''''' is the radius of the earth in meters and '''''g''''' is the local [[acceleration of gravity]] in [[metres per second per second]].
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| ==Application==
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| A pendulum the length of the Earth's radius is impractical, so Schuler tuning doesn't use physical pendulums. Instead, the electronic control system of the [[inertial navigation system]] is modified to make the platform behave as if it were attached to a pendulum. The inertial platform is mounted on [[gimbal]]s, and an [[Electronics|electronic]] [[control system]] keeps it pointed in a constant direction with respect to the three axes. As the vehicle moves, the gyroscopes detect changes in orientation, and a [[feedback loop]] applies signals to torquers to rotate the platform on its gimbals to keep it pointed along the axes.
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| To implement Schuler tuning, the feedback loop is modified to tilt the platform as the vehicle moves in the north-south and east-west directions, to keep the platform facing "down".<ref>{{cite journal
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| | title = Inertial Navigation - Forty Years of Evolution
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| | accessdate = 2010-09-27}}</ref> To do this, the torquers that rotate the platform are fed a signal proportional to the vehicle's north-south and east-west [[velocity]]. The turning rate of the torquers is equal to the velocity divided by the radius of the Earth ''R'':
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| :<math>\dot{\theta} = v/R</math>
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| So:
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| :<math>\ddot{\theta} = a/R</math> | |
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| The acceleration ''a'' is a combination of the actual vehicle acceleration and the acceleration due to gravity acting on the tilting inertial platform. So this equation can be seen as a version of the equation for a simple gravity [[pendulum]] with a length equal to the radius of the Earth. The inertial platform acts as if it were attached to such a pendulum.
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| Schuler's time constant has other applications. Suppose a tunnel is dug from one end of the Earth to the other end straight through its center, a stone dropped in such a tunnel oscillates with Schuler's time constant. It can also be proved that the time is the same constant for a tunnel that is not through the center of Earth also.
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Navigational equipment]]
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