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GYRO VIBRANT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-04-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
- Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
- Navigation Instruments
- Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Coriolis vibratory gyro
1, record 1, English, Coriolis%20vibratory%20gyro
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- CVG 2, record 1, English, CVG
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Coriolis vibrating gyroscope 3, record 1, English, Coriolis%20vibrating%20gyroscope
correct
- mechanical vibratory gyroscope 4, record 1, English, mechanical%20vibratory%20gyroscope
correct
- Coriolis vibratory gyroscope 5, record 1, English, Coriolis%20vibratory%20gyroscope
correct
- vibrating beam gyroscope 6, record 1, English, vibrating%20beam%20gyroscope
- vibrating beam gyro 7, record 1, English, vibrating%20beam%20gyro
- vibrating-beam gyroscope 8, record 1, English, vibrating%2Dbeam%20gyroscope
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A gyro based on the coupling of a structural, driven, vibrating mode into at least one other structural mode (pickoff) via Coriolis acceleration. 1, record 1, English, - Coriolis%20vibratory%20gyro
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Coriolis force experienced by an object moving with a velocity relative to a rotating reference frame can be used to sense this angular motion. This force is proportional to the relative velocity and to the angular rate and is perpendicular to both. This principle was demonstrated in the 19th century by Foucault with his pendulum and by Bryan with his ringing wine- glass experiment. Gyroscopes employing this principle are called Coriolis vibrating gyroscopes or CVGs. 3, record 1, English, - Coriolis%20vibratory%20gyro
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Coriolis vibratory gyroscope
- coriolis vibrating gyro
- mechanical vibratory gyro
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
- Pilotage et navigation aérienne
- Instruments de navigation
- Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- gyroscope vibrant
1, record 1, French, gyroscope%20vibrant
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- gyroscope mécanique vibrant 2, record 1, French, gyroscope%20m%C3%A9canique%20vibrant
correct, masculine noun
- gyroscope vibratoire mécanique 3, record 1, French, gyroscope%20vibratoire%20m%C3%A9canique
correct, masculine noun
- gyroscope à vibrations 4, record 1, French, gyroscope%20%C3%A0%20vibrations
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les gyroscopes classiques, mécaniques, sont basés sur la rotation rapide et entretenue d’un solide qui peut s’incliner indépendamment du bâti dans toutes les directions. Cette rotation rapide lui permet d’être très stable et d’indiquer une direction de référence [qui] permet de mesurer l’inclinaison du bâti selon trois axes de référence. [...] Dans tous les cas, le système qui entretient la rotation impose un certain nombre de conditions, notamment en terme d’encombrement et de coût. [...] Pour ces raisons, plusieurs autres types de gyroscopes ont été développés : des gyroscopes «vibrants» (mesurant la force de Coriolis due à la rotation), et des gyroscopes optiques [...] 5, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20vibrant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[Léon Foucault] inventa, en 1852, le premier gyroscope à toupie où l’inertialité d’un axe de rotation de toupie se substitue à celle du plan de vibration. Un siècle plus tard, l’industrie, riche de l’expérience des gyroscopes à toupie [...] redécouvre les vertus du pendule et donne naissance à une nouvelle famille de gyroscopes mécaniques, les gyroscopes vibrants. 2, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20vibrant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
[...] certains laboratoires ont étudié divers dispositifs de mesure des rotations absolues ne présentant qu’une analogie assez lointaine avec les gyroscopes classiques [dont] les gyroscopes à vibrations, dans lesquels le mouvement de rotation de la toupie est remplacé par le mouvement de va-et-vient d’éléments mécaniques; [...] 4, record 1, French, - gyroscope%20vibrant
Record 1, Key term(s)
- gyro vibrant
- gyroscope vibrant mécanique
- gyroscope mécanique vibratoire
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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