Magnetohydrodynamics
MHD Sensor Theory-MHD sensors are challenging linear accelerometers in applications requiring the measurement of angular rate and angular acceleration.  more....

Application Note AN-01 Rev A
Extending the Frequency Response of the MHD Angular Rate Sensor.  more...

Application Note AN-02
Noise Floors - The following information is representative data for MHD.  more...

Crash and Ejection Testing
ATA Sensors developed the first MHD sensor in 1984 as part of a solution for space platform stabilization and vibration analysis. more...

Line-of-Sight Stabilization
MHD sensors were designed to measure angular vibration of an optical platform used in the Relay Mirror Experiment (RME) and the Wideband Angular Vibration Experiment (WAVE).   more...

Motion & Vibration Analysis
Modal analysis of large machinery, automobile steering and suspension testing, railroad car motion and track monitoring, highway vehicle shock measurement and logging, wind tunnel testing of aircraft, robot machinery motion tracking, training simulator motion tracking, and portable computer shock sensing are all areas where ATA Sensors products have found applications.  more...

Six Degree-of-Freedom Systems
The ability to measure three axes of linear acceleration and three axes of angular acceleration offers the ultimate in motion measurement systems.  more...

Testing From Every Angle
Angular motions are at least as prevalent in the automobile and its surroundings as linear motions but their accurate measurement has been difficult. more...

MIRU-II Appendix B
The Air Force has identified the need for a small, inexpensive inertial attitude reference system that functions as a two-axis optical  reference in high performance aircraft applications.  more...

Applications and Custom Designs
Modal analysis of large machinery, automobile steering and suspension testing, railroad car motion and track monitoring, highway vehicle shock measurement and logging more...

A Dual Function Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Device for Angular Motion Measurement and Control by D. Laughlin, H. Sebesta, and D. Eckelkamp-Baker, Applied Technology Associates more...