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GYRO TORQUE-FREE SUSPENSION [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-06-21

English

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

Modern engineering techniques have stimulated new approaches toward obtaining [gyroscope] torque-free suspensions. The major effort is one in which electrical fields are used to levitate a spinning sphere. ... A second approach is to suspend the sphere with magnetic forces, but this system becomes torque-free only if the sphere is a superconductor.

Key term(s)
  • gyroscope torque-free suspension
  • gyro torque-free suspension

French

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

G=Énergie totale pour un système isolé, G=quantité de mouvement totale pour un système sans forces extérieures, G=moment angulaire pour un système sans couple appliqué [...]

Spanish

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