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ME 31701 Gyroscope
ME 31701 Gyroscope
ME 31701 Gyroscope
Submitted by
Name : Gumpula Aravind
Roll no: 131501012
EXPERIMENT NAME: MOTORIZED GYROSCOPE
OBJECTIVE:
APPARATUS:
The motor is coupled to the disc rotor, which is balanced. The disc shaft
rotates about X-X axis in two ball bearings housed in the frame. This frame
can swing about Y-Y axis in bearings provided in the yoke type frame. In
steady position, Frame is balanced by providing a weight pan on the
opposite side of the motor. The yoke frame is free to rotate about vertical
axis Z -Z. Thus freedom of rotation about three perpendicular axes is given
to the rotor.
THEORY:
C= Ips
PROCEDURE:
2. Start the motor by increasing the voltage with the autotransformer, and
wait until it achieves a constant speed at steady state.
3. Press the weight pan about vertical axis by an applied force in the
downward direction as seen from above.
4. It will be observed that the rotor frame swings about the horizontal axis.
5. Push the weight pan in horizontal direction (as seen from front).
6. It will be observed that motor side is seen coming upward and the weight
pan side going downwards.
9. Put 1 kg weight block on weight pan and let the gyroscope rotate freely.
11. Now by keeping 1.5 and 2kg weights on weight pan, note down the time
at interval of 20.
OBSERVATION:
Given Data: -
(4) Moment of inertia of disc, coupling and motor rotor : 0.0709 kg-m2
CALCULATIONS:
RESULTS:
For spin velocity of 1462 rpm and applied torque of 0.2 Kg.m, we get
gyroscopic couple 0.9596 kg.m2.s-2 .
INFERENCE:
From this experiment, we infer that if more weight is placed gyroscope takes
more time to stop. Also the gyroscopic couple value is increasing if the
weight on pan is increasing. If an external torque is applied, the rotors tries
to come back to precession line, which is perpendicular to axis of spin as
well as of axis of applied torque.
QUESTIONS:
1. With the horizontal force on the yoke, what is the precessional motion?
Ans: Applying horizontal force on the yoke means pushing the weight pan.
So if the weight pan is pushed, motor side will go upwards and the weight
pan will goes downwards.
Ans: Upon removal of the force, weight pan starts coming towards its initial
position and the angular motion is reversed. After the pan comes to its
initial position gyroscope stops rotating.
4. If you start the experiment with a tilted axis, what happens to the initial
tilt?
Ans: If the experiment is started with a tilted axis, angle at final tilt position
with respect to horizontal will be less than angle of tilt if the experiment is
started at horizontal balance position.