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Record 1 2001-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Momentum wheels are capable of providing gyroscopic stiffness in more than one axis. These wheels provide a nominally constant angular momentum to provide angular stiffness. The mean disturbance torque typically determines the momentum storage of reaction wheels and momentum wheels over one half an orbit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Dans une même famille de [gyromètres], les grandeurs suivantes sont généralement fixées : moment cinétique; moment d'inertie; débattement. Par contre, la raideur angulaire peut être choisie, pour chaque appareil, dans certaines limites. [...] Le rappel élastique peut être obtenu par voie mécanique ou électrique.

Spanish

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