Observability analysis for INS alignment in horizontal drilling

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1935-1945

  Pecht, Efraim ^a   Mintchev, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Horizontal drilling processes; Inertial measurement unit (IMU); Inertial navigation systems (INS); Measurement while drilling (MWD); Observability analysis; Oil field instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; GYROSCOPES; OBSERVABILITY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING PROCESSES; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU); OIL FIELD INSTRUMENTATION;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34648827777     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.904485     Document Type: Article

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