# quat2rotation¶

Calculate rotation matrix based on quaternions.

If B is a FoR obtained rotating a FoR A by an angle $$\phi$$ about an axis $$\mathbf{n}$$ (recall $$\mathbf{n}$$ will be invariant during the rotation), and $$\mathbf{q}$$ is the related quaternion, $$\mathbf{q}(\phi,\mathbf{n})$$, the function will return the matrix $$C^{AB}$$ such that:

• $$C^{AB}$$ rotates FoR A onto FoR B.

• $$C^{AB}$$ transforms the coordinates of a vector defined in B component to A components i.e. $$\mathbf{v}^A = C^{AB}(\mathbf{q})\mathbf{v}^B$$.

$\begin{split}C^{AB}(\mathbf{q}) = \begin{pmatrix} q_0^2 + q_1^2 - q_2^2 -q_3^2 & 2(q_1 q_2 - q_0 q_3) & 2(q_1 q_3 + q_0 q_2) \\ 2(q_1 q_2 + q_0 q_3) & q_0^2 - q_1^2 + q_2^2 - q_3^2 & 2(q_2 q_3 - q_0 q_1) \\ 2(q_1 q_3 - q_0 q_2) & 2(q_2 q_3 + q_0 q_1) & q_0^2 -q_1^2 -q_2^2 +q_3^2 \end{pmatrix}\end{split}$

Notes

The inverse rotation is defined as the transpose of the matrix $$C^{BA} = C^{{AB}^T}$$.

In typical SHARPy applications, the quaternion relation between the A and G frames is expressed as $$C^{GA}(\mathbf{q})$$, and in the context of this function it corresponds to:

>>> C_ga = quat2rotation(q1)
>>> C_ag = quat2rotation.T(q1)

param q

Quaternion $$\mathbf{q}(\phi, \mathbf{n})$$.

type q

np.ndarray

returns

$$C^{AB}$$ rotation matrix from FoR B to FoR A.

rtype

np.ndarray

References

Stevens, L. Aircraft Control and Simulation. 1985. pg 41