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Record 1 2001-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
OBS

paradox: An argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises.

Key term(s)
  • gyro paradox
  • gyroscope paradox

French

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

Nous sommes en mesure de justifier la dénomination de paradoxe gyroscopique, dans le comportement «bizarre» d'un gyro. En effet la mécanique classique nous dirait qu'un couple M ferait tourner le solide autour d'un axe sensiblement de même sens que le couple. Or il n'en est rien, puisque la tendance au parallélisme de l'axe moment et de l'axe de rotation gyro, montre que la rotation se fait à 90° de celle espérée. C'est le paradoxe gyroscopique.

Spanish

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