<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mastinu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gobbi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Previati</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3315. A New Test Rig for the Identification of the Inertia Tensor of a Rigid Body</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">62nd Annual Conference, New Haven, Connecticut</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">06. Inertia Measurements</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5/17/03</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sawe.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=43398</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New Haven, Connecticut</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A new method for measuring the inertia tensor of rigid bodies has been developed and applied. A new test-rig, based on the developed method, has been built. The test-rig is basically a three- or four-bar pendulum, carrying the rigid body under investigation. The pendulum is excited either by well defined initial conditions or by a harmonic force. The spatial motion of the pendulum is highly non linear and is recorded by means of accelerometers and gyroscopes. The components of the inertia tensor are identified by a proper numerical procedure which makes use of a mathematical model describing the motion of the pendulum. A proof of the convergence of the identification procedure is given. A validation of the measuring procedure is presented. The maximum error on the main diagonal components of the inertia tensor is less than 0.7%. Further improvements on the precision of the measurement procedure are possible. The rig has been used to measure the inertia tensor of a number of road vehicles and other bodies.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6. INERTIA MEASUREMENTS</style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3315</style></accession-num><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Non-Member Price: $11.34. Members may download this paper for free. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/dms&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;. (Login Required. See SAWE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/faq&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;.)</style></custom1><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11.34</style></custom3></record></records></xml>