Gyroscope: Fundamental Concepts And Its Applications

Aerospace, Robotics, Mechanical, Design

What you'll learn

Understand the Basic Principles of Gyroscopic Motion and Different Types of Gyroscopes

Importance of Angular Momentum and Torque in Gyroscopic Effects

Analyzing the Gyroscopic couple, Direction of Spin vector, Precession vector and Couple/Torque vector

Analyze the Role of Gyroscopes in Navigation and Stabilization Systems

Understand the role of gyroscope in stability of Four wheel vehicles

Understand the role of gyroscope and key parameters in stability of Two wheel vehicles

Requirements

Basic physics (High School Level) but not essential

Description

  This course is designed for a broad range of learners interested in physics, engineering, or technology and want to understand gyroscopic systems, their behavior, and their applications across fields like Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, Robotics, Navigation, and Product Design. The course is designed to enlighten about relation between angular momentum and torque to understand the mechanism of gyroscope along with mathematical expression, to be applied in applications like aircrafts, ships, four wheel drives, two wheel drives. In aircrafts, the gyroscopic effect can be analyzed on tail and nose of aircraft depending on direction of viewing while aircraft takes left or right turn, or aeroplane takes off or it is landing. In case of ships,  effect of gyroscopic couple studied during ship steering, pitching and rolling. In ship steering its effect studied on stern and bow of ship depending on direction of viewing. In case of pitching, its effect studied on star-board side or port side. However in case of rolling its effect is insignificant. Furthermore, gyroscopic  effect studied for stability of four wheel drives while vehicle taking turn of curved paths, along with effect of centrifugal couple. In last, gyroscopic effect studied in two wheel vehicles during their turning operations on curved paths along with limiting conditions to avoid skid of vehicle of curved surface. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction :Gyroscope

Lecture 2 Relation between angular momentum and torque in gyroscope

Section 2: Gyroscopic Couple

Lecture 3 Gyroscopic Couple

Section 3: Direction of Spin vector, Precession vector and Couple/Torque vectors

Lecture 4 Direction of Spin vector, Precession vector and CoupleTorque

Section 4: Effect of the Gyroscopic Couple on an Aeroplane in different scenarios

Lecture 5 Effect of the Gyroscopic Couple on an Aeroplane

Section 5: Terms Used in a Ship during stability

Lecture 6 Terms Used in a Ship during stability

Lecture 7 Effect of Gyroscopic Couple during Ship Steering

Lecture 8 Effect of Gyroscopic Couple during Ship Pitching

Lecture 9 Effect of Gyroscopic Couple during Ship Rolling

Section 6: Stability of a Four Wheel Drive While Moving in a Curved Path

Lecture 10 Stability of a Four Wheel Drive While Moving in a Curved Path

Section 7: Stability of a Two Wheel Vehicle Taking a Turn

Lecture 11 Stability of a Two Wheel Vehicle Taking a Turn

This course is designed for a broad range of learners who are interested in understanding gyroscopic systems, their behavior, and their applications across fields. who have an interest in physics, engineering, or technology, particularly those working or studying in fields like Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, Robotics, Navigation, and Product Design