The Gyroscope in Gimbal Suspension

摘要

Contents: Differential equations of motion of a gyroscope in a gimbal mount; Stability of the axis of a rapidly spinning gyroscope; Pseudoregular precession of a gyroscope acted on by a constant moment; The case of constant friction at the gimbal axes. The representative point method; Elementary cases of gyroscope motion in the presence of friction at the gimbal axes; Small oscillations of a balanced gyroscope in the presence of friction at the gimbal axes; Pseudoregular precession of a gyroscope in the presence of friction at the gimbal axes; Motion of a gyroscope in the presence of friction forces proportional to the normal components of the dynamic reactions; Present state of the theory of the astatic gyroscope in a gimbal mount.