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In this paper, the vibration frequency response characteristic of laser gyro IMU is taken as the focus point, and the method of multi-rigid body dynamics is used to establish the dynamic model of IMU suitable for vibration frequency response analysis. On the basis of the model, the multi-degree-of-freedom coupling vibration of IMU with the gyro dither excitation is clearly described. A new IMU dynamic decoupling optimization method is proposed to minimize the coupled vibration frequency response, and compared with the previous optimal design method. The prototype experimental test results show that the coupled vibration of IMU is restrained more effectively by the proposed new method than by the previous optimal design method. Finally, on the basis of this new method, the measuring accuracy of the RLGs in the IMU system is improved, which is quite useful for practical engineering application.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20010111","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,24]],"date-time":"2019-12-24T05:56:15Z","timestamp":1577166975000},"page":"111","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Coupled Dynamic Analysis and Decoupling Optimization Method of the Laser Gyro Inertial Measurement Unit"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Fang","family":"Fang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong Institute of Electro-Optics, Wuhan 430223, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3050-5910","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenhui","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electromechanical and Architectural Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430010, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zilong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong Institute of Electro-Optics, Wuhan 430223, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1103\/RevModPhys.57.61","article-title":"The ring laser gyro","volume":"57","author":"Chow","year":"1985","journal-title":"Rev. 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