The effect of a noncontacting suspension on the motion of a gyroscope
Abstract
The rotation of an ellipsoidal rotor around a stationary center of mass in the force field of a noncontacting suspension is shown to give rise to nonconservative automodulation moments that significantly affect the kinetic moment (rotor acceleration or deceleration) of the gyroscope. These moments also affect the precession and nutation stability of the gyroscope. A specific transfer function of the suspension is considered as an example.
- Publication:
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Prikladnaia Mekhanika
- Pub Date:
- October 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986PriM...22..109K
- Keywords:
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- Gyroscopic Stability;
- Moment Distribution;
- Nonconservative Forces;
- Rotary Gyroscopes;
- Nutation;
- Surface Geometry;
- Suspending (Hanging);
- Transfer Functions;
- Physics (General)