Physics of Gyroscopic Effects
摘要
The interaction between the inertial torques produced by spinning masses and external forces on rotating objects poses an intriguing problem. Mathematical models describe the motion of the spinning objects under the action of external and inertial torques and explain their physics. When rotating objects are in restricted motion, the interaction of interrelated inertial torques reveals a new property. This property involves the deactivation or nullification of the inertial torques when the processed motion of rotating objects around one axis is blocked. The motion of a gyroscope around one axis, because of the action of an external torque, deactivates or resets to zero all inertial torques produced by the distributed mass of the spinning object. Initially, it may seem contradictory to the principles of classical mechanics for the inertial forces of a moving object to be deactivated. However, this chapter delves into the physical and mathematical models for the gyroscope's motion around one axis, which results in the deactivation of the inertial torques generated by the rotating masses. The absence of kinetic energy explains the deactivation or nullification of the inertial torques in the gyroscope's motion around one axis.