Fundamentals of Inertial Sensors and Navigation

Navigation fundamentally provides information on position, velocity and direction which are needed for travel in ocean, land, air and in space. This information has been extremely useful to the growth of civilization through the ages. It is quite expected that myriad forms of navigation developed during this long period leading to current versions which are collectively called modern navigation or simply navigation. Navigation has different types, such as, inertial navigation, satellite navigation, radio navigation, stellar navigation and integrated inertial navigation.
The book, fundamentals of navigation and inertial sensors, focuses on topics related to inertial navigation, inertial sensors, MEMS based inertial sensors, satellite navigation, integrated inertial navigation, signal processing of inertial sensors and lastly their applications.
Besides being an ideal introduction to the topics, the book has aimed to meet the academic needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of aerospace engineering as well as in Avionics. The authors’ wide experience of research, development and teaching has provided a user friendly shape to the book.