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Experiment 6 Motorized Gyroscope: AIM: To Study The Gyroscopic Principle and Verify The Relation Between The Applied

This experiment aims to study the gyroscopic principle and verify the relationship between applied torque, spin velocity, and precessional velocity under conditions of free and forced precession. The motor couples to a balanced disc rotor that can rotate freely about three perpendicular axes within a frame. Weights are added to induce forced precession, and the initial and final angles of precession and time taken are recorded. This is repeated at different rotor speeds to determine the experimental and theoretical gyroscopic couples based on calculations involving the moment of inertia, angular velocity, and angle of precession.

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Experiment 6 Motorized Gyroscope: AIM: To Study The Gyroscopic Principle and Verify The Relation Between The Applied

This experiment aims to study the gyroscopic principle and verify the relationship between applied torque, spin velocity, and precessional velocity under conditions of free and forced precession. The motor couples to a balanced disc rotor that can rotate freely about three perpendicular axes within a frame. Weights are added to induce forced precession, and the initial and final angles of precession and time taken are recorded. This is repeated at different rotor speeds to determine the experimental and theoretical gyroscopic couples based on calculations involving the moment of inertia, angular velocity, and angle of precession.

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Experiment 6

MOTORIZED GYROSCOPE

AIM: To study the gyroscopic principle and verify the relation between the applied
torque,Spin velocity and Precessional velocity in case of free precession and forced
precession

DESCRIPTION:
The motor is coupled to the disc rotor, which is balanced. The disc shaft rotates about
XX axis in two ball bearing housed in the frame No. 1. This frame can swing about
Y - Y axis in bearings provided in the yoke type frame No.2. In steady position, frame
No. 1. 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 axis is given to the rotor.

Fig 6 Schematic representation of Gyroscope axis and


aircraft

PROCEDURE:

The spinning body exerts a torque or a couple in such a direction which tends to make the
axis of spin coincides with that of the precession. To study the phenomenon of forced
precession following procedure is adopted.
Experimental Procedure:
1. Keep Variac at Zero , switch ON the control Unit
2. RPM indicator shows 0 (zero)
3. Slowly rotate variac knob clockwise and increase speed, and keep it at say 1500
rpm, and wait for stability, DONOT adjust any speed further
4. Slowly add additional weight No 1 in the rod
5. Observe entire yoke start rotates (Precession)
6. Note down the starting angle shown by pointer on protractor, say it as θ1 (can be
90°,100°, etc.,)
7. Note down the time required t seconds to come to some angle, say θ2 (it can be
160°,170°, etc.,)
8. Note down the speed N in Rpm
9. Remove the weight No 1, wait for some time say 2 to 3min
10. For the same speed put weight No 2 and follow same procedure
11. Repeat the experiment for different speeds say 1750,2000,2500 & 2800rpm
12. Repeat for both weights.

TECHNICAL DATA:

1. Weight of Rotor: 6.5Kg


2. Rotor Diameter: D = 260 mm = 0.26m
3. Rotor Thickness = 10 mm = 0.01m
4. Density of the Rotor ρms = 7817 Kg/m3
5. Distance of bolt of Weight pan from disc Center : R = 220 mm = 0.22m
6. Weights to be added:1.28kg, 2.28kg

7.Motor-Fractional H.P. single phase/0-9999 rpm -AC/DC, variac : 0-2 A, 0-270 V, copper
wound, Rectifier : Bridge, 35 A

Tabular Column
Time ‘t
Sl Weight added Speed ‘N’ Initial Final ‘ sec Gyroscopic couple
No in angle angle
rpm ‘θ1’ ‘θ2 From θ1
in Degrees in Degrees to θ2

GExp Gth
kg N
1 1.28 1520 340 200 7.64
2 2.3 2500 290 100 9.90
3 2.3 1500 290 100 6.0
Calculations
1. Experimental Gyroscopic Couple GExp = M x R kg-m
Where M = Mass (Weight) added on the loading platform in kg
R = Distance from Disc to loading platform = 220 mm =0.22 m
2. Mass Moment of Inertia I
I = W x D2/8g in kg-m2

Where Weight of the Disc M = 6.5 kg = W = 6.5 x 9.81 = 63.765 N


Diameter of the Disc: D = 260 mm = 0.26 m, g = 9.81 m/s2
3. Angular Velocity (ω) = 2πN/60 rad/sec
N= speed in rpm
4. Angle of Precession (ωp) rad/sec
ωp = dθ/dt = (θ1-θ2) x π / (180 x t) rad/sec
5. Theoretical Gyroscopic Couple (Gth) = I xxp kg - m

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