Accession Number:

AD0607697

Title:

A DIGITAL ANGULAR ACCELERATION MONITOR,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

TRW SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABS LOS ANGELES CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Hutchings,Patrick B. ,Jr.

Report Date:

1959-10-07

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

This report describes the design and construction of a digital acceleration monitor for a constant angular acceleration table. Such a table is desirable for the testing of angular accelerometers such as those used for the MINUTEMAN Control System. This work was performed as a preliminary step in the design of such a constant acceleration table. This monitor processes digital information from a photoelectric tachometer and displays the angular acceleration of the table on a cascade of decade counting units. A theoretical discussion of the operation of the monitor is presented and a detailed schematic of the breadboard model given. The monitor was not checked on a constant acceleration table however, it did function satisfactorily for constant velocity inputs and definitely proved itself in terms of operating and calibrating simplicity. Author

Descriptors:

• *DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEMS
• ACCELERATION
• MONITORS
• MONITORS
• INSTRUMENTATION
• ACCELEROMETERS
• TACHOMETERS
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• VELOCITY
• SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE