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GYROSCOPE TOUPIE SPHERIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
OBS

The term gyroscope is commonly applied to spherical, wheel-shaped, or disk-shaped bodies that are universally mounted to be free to rotate in any direction; they are used to demonstrate these properties or to indicate movements in space.

OBS

A gyroscope made of a spherical ball floated in a hemispherical bowl using compressed air as the support mechanism was described ... in the American Journal of Physics.

Key term(s)
  • spherical body gyroscope
  • spherical ball gyroscope

French

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

Dans les gyroscopes libres (ou 2 axes), [delta] peut se déplacer, par rapport au boîtier, dans un angle solide entourant un axe Z lié au boîtier, appelé axe de zéro; dans certains cas, cet angle solide couvre tout l'espace, par exemple dans le gyroscope à toupie sphérique portée par champ électrique.

Spanish

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