Dynamic performance of a novel tilting angle measurement system using three acceleromenters

  • Yinsheng Weng
  • , Hongcai Zhang
  • , Juan Ren
  • , Shudong Wang
  • , Xueyong Wei

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Abstract

In this paper, the dynamic performance of a novel tilting angle measurement system based on three MEMS (Micro-electromechanical System) accelerometers is studied. The sensitive range of angle measurement is expanded to 360° through a proper arrangement of the accelerometers. The dynamic performance of the measurement system is characterized on a standard vibrating table with a different excitation. Measurement error is reduced by using Kalman filtering algorithm and the data fusion technique. It was found that the tilt error rotating around a circle is 0.9° under the sine excitation at a frequency of 20Hz and a peak acceleration of 0.2g, while tilt error rotating around a circle is 0.43° under the random excitation condition that the excitation frequency range is from 20 to 100 Hz, the effective acceleration is 8.94982 m/s2 and power spectrum density 1 (m/s^2)/ √ Hz. The minimum resolution is found to be 0.03° by the tilt sensor under the random excitation with a peak value is 0.8g and the vibration frequency is 25Hz. The minimum resolution of the measurement system has a tendency to become worse when the vibration intensity becomes higher.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479982875
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jan 2016
Event15th IEEE Sensors Conference, SENSORS 2016 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 30 Oct 20162 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume0
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference15th IEEE Sensors Conference, SENSORS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period30/10/162/11/16

Keywords

  • Accelerometer
  • Dynamic Measurement
  • Kalman filter
  • Tilt angle

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