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Damping Oscillations in a Spherical Pendulum Inclinometer Using Vector-Based Control
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This paper addresses disturbance-induced oscillations in high-precision pendulum-based inclinometers, which reduce measurement availability despite the long-term stability of gravity-referenced sensing. To actively suppress these oscillations, a contactless six-coil electromagnetic actuation system is developed, together with a control framework that generates, in real time, the planar damping force required by the controller despite the nonlinear, unilateral, and bounded nature of magnetic actuation. The proposed approach combines a control-oriented nonlinear model of the spherical pendulum, observer-based feedback control, and a constrained force-allocation scheme that maps the desired vector force into feasible coil currents. Experimental validation on a prototype demonstrates attenuation of the dominant oscillatory mode up to 31.11 dB and a marked reduction in transient duration, with the 50\% decay time decreasing from 11.10 s without control to 1.01 s at the most favorable operating point. The results also highlight a trade-off between transient speed and residual oscillation, demonstrating both the effectiveness of the proposed damping strategy and its value as a practical design framework for high-precision inclinometer systems.
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