| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M77475/01 |
| Title: |
DEVELOPMENT OF NON-CONTACT ANGULAR RATE SENSOR OF VEHICLE NAVIGATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Kirby, Dr PB |
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| Department: |
Sch of Industrial and Manufacturing Scie |
| Organisation: |
Cranfield University |
| Scheme: |
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| Starts: |
24 January 2000 |
Ends: |
23 July 2002 |
Value (£): |
141,752
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
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| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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The project aims to develop a low cost solid state angular rate sensor which can be used in vehicle guidance systems. Such a sensor is needed to maintain short term positioning information whilst the contact with a GPS satellite is lost. The sensor will be a planar device utilising a novel non-contact RF detection method. A fundamental vibrational mode will be excited in a sensing element (disk). A SAW device will be used to detect a vibrational mode generated due to Coriolis forces which is polarised at 45 degrees to the fundamental mode.Stages of work at Cranfield University:Months 1-8: Outline design of the SAW detector. Piezolectric thin film deposition will be developed. Deposition of multi-layered acoustic structures. Detailed film characterisation using electrical and analytical techniques. Design of actuation methods andMonths 9-16: Test SAW resonators fabricated. Technical documentation of the piezoelectric thin film deposition and transfer of growth conditions to industrial collaborator (AEA). Development of fabrication techniques for actuators.
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http://www.cranfield.ac.uk |