This document contains 22 questions about gyroscopic effects, forces, and couples. The questions cover topics such as defining gyroscopic terms like spin, precession, and gyroscopic couple. They also address how gyroscopic effects impact ship steering, aircraft stability, vehicle stability during turns, and more. Expressions are derived for gyroscopic couple, reactions on bearings, and other variables related to rotating objects experiencing external forces or angular motions.
This document contains 22 questions about gyroscopic effects, forces, and couples. The questions cover topics such as defining gyroscopic terms like spin, precession, and gyroscopic couple. They also address how gyroscopic effects impact ship steering, aircraft stability, vehicle stability during turns, and more. Expressions are derived for gyroscopic couple, reactions on bearings, and other variables related to rotating objects experiencing external forces or angular motions.
This document contains 22 questions about gyroscopic effects, forces, and couples. The questions cover topics such as defining gyroscopic terms like spin, precession, and gyroscopic couple. They also address how gyroscopic effects impact ship steering, aircraft stability, vehicle stability during turns, and more. Expressions are derived for gyroscopic couple, reactions on bearings, and other variables related to rotating objects experiencing external forces or angular motions.
This document contains 22 questions about gyroscopic effects, forces, and couples. The questions cover topics such as defining gyroscopic terms like spin, precession, and gyroscopic couple. They also address how gyroscopic effects impact ship steering, aircraft stability, vehicle stability during turns, and more. Expressions are derived for gyroscopic couple, reactions on bearings, and other variables related to rotating objects experiencing external forces or angular motions.
Gyroscope 1. Explain the following terms related to gyroscopes with neat sketch:
a) Spin b) Precession c) Gyroscopic couple - Active and Reactive.
2. Explain the concept of gyroscopic rigidity.
3. Derive an expression for gyroscopic couple acting on a spinning disk. Explain how to find magnitude and direction of active and reactive gyroscopic couple.
4. Explain why pitching of ships due to wave action leads to yawing.
5. What is meant by an unsymmetric rotor? What are the problems associated with unsymmetric rotors? 6. Explain why two bladed propellers are not used in airplanes.
7. A coin of radius ‘r’ and mass ‘m’ is rolling on the ground with linear speed ‘v’ such that its plane making an angle of θ0 with the vertical and center takes a circular path of radius R. Derive an expression for relation between R and θ. 8. Derive a relation to determine the angle of heel in a two wheeler taking a turn. Explain how stability is achieved in a two wheeler negotiating a curve. 9. Explain with neat sketch the stability of four wheel vehicle negotiating turn and derive an expression to find the limiting speed to maintain stability. 10. Examine the gyroscopic effect in a four wheeler taking a turn. Derive an expression to find the limiting speed of a four wheeler while taking a turn.
11. Explain the effect of gyroscopic couple on a swinging table fan.
12. Explain the effect of gyroscopic couple on a naval ship during steering, pitching and rolling.
13. Derive an expression for gyroscopic couple acting on an inclined disk mounted on a rotating shaft. Hence examine the direction of reactive gyroscopic couple.
14. A disc of mass of 5 kg and radius of gyration 60 mm is mounted centrally on a horizontal axle of 80 mm length, between bearings. It spins about the axle at 800 RPM anticlockwise when viewed from the right hand side bearing. The axle precesses about a vertical axis at 75 rpm in an anticlockwise direction when viewed from above. Determine the resultant reaction at each bearing due to the mass and the gyroscopic effect. 15. A disc weighing 50 N and of diameter 300 mm is mounted on one end of arm of length 600 mm. The disc spins at 300 rpm anticlockwise looking from the universal bearing. The outer end of the arm is free to rotate in a universal bearing. Determine the speed and direction of precision of the disk about vertical axis so that the arm and spinning axis remains horizontal. Take the radius of gyration as 75 mm about the spinning axis. 1 16. A uniform disc of diameter 125 mm and mass of 12 Kg is mounted on one end on a frame such that a disc rotates at uniform speed of 15000 rpm with its axis horizontal. The other end of horizontal frame is pivoted to a vertical spindle which is free to turn in bearings. The frame is free to swing in vertical plane. The CG of the disc is at 450 mm from the pivot and center of gravity of the frame of mass 5 Kg is at a distance of 375 mm from the pivot. Find the magnitude and direction of angular velocity with which the system will presses about the spindle. Sketch the arrangement.
17. A light weight horizontal axel PQ 1m long is pivoted at its center O. The end Q carries a disk of radius 200 mm and weight 196 N. The disc is spinning at 600 rpm clockwise when viewed from P to Q and axel PQ is rotating about O at 10 RPM clockwise when viewed from the top. Determine the weight to be attached at the end P to keep the axel in horizontal position.
18. A crusher in which the mass of roller is 100 kg as shown in the figure. The roller is cylindrical with 850 mm diameter. The polar mass moment of inertia of the roller is 140 kg-m2. The driving shaft runs at 80 rpm. Determine the total crushing force. Also calculate the percentage change in crushing force, due to the gyroscopic effect.
19. The turbine rotor of a ship has a mass of 3500 kg and it rotates at a speed of 3000 rpm clockwise when seen from the stern. The radius of gyration of the rotor is 0.45 m. a) Determine the gyroscopic couple and its effect, if the ship is steering to the right in a curve of 100 m radius at a speed of 36 km/h. b) Calculate the gyroscopic torque and its effect when the ship is pitching in SHM with the bow moving up with its maximum velocity. The period of pitching is 40 sec and the total angular displacement between the two extreme positions is 140. c) Analyze the gyroscopic effect due to the rolling in this case. 20. The propeller of aero weighs 500 N & has radius of gyration of 0.8 m. The propeller shaft rotates at 2000 rpm, clockwise, as view from tail end. The plane turns left through 120 m radius, at a speed of 360 km/h, determine the gyroscopic couple and its effect on aircraft. Also find the reactions on bearings if the distance between two bearings of the propeller is 0.75 m. 21. The moment of inertia of the air screw with more than two blade and the rotating masses all assumed to be spinning about the same axis is 15 Kg-m2 and the direction of rotation is clockwise when looking at the front of the aero plane. The equivalent speed of rotation of the air screw and rotating masses is 1600 rpm when the speed of the flight is 240 km/hr. If the airplane takes right handed turn on a path of 170 m radius find the gyroscopic reaction of air screw on the airplane and discuss. 2 22. A shaft carries a uniform thin disk of diameter 550 mm and mass 25 kg. The disk makes an angle of 10 with the shaft axis. Find the gyroscopic reaction couple when shaft is rotating at 2000 rpm.
