Elastic deformation of the gyro rotor in the relativity gyro experiment
Abstract
The elastic deformation of a spinning sphere is calculated from first principles. Numerical results are quoted for a quartz sphere spinning at 200 Hz, the most likely configuration for the relativity gyro experiment. The difference in principal moments of inertia is also calculated for the spinning gyro.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- November 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975edgr.rept.....E
- Keywords:
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- Elastic Deformation;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Rotary Gyroscopes;
- Moments Of Inertia;
- Rotating Spheres;
- Rotors;
- Spin Stabilization;
- Physics (General)