September 29, 2021

Before discussing the gyroscopic effect on naval ships, first let us brief the terminology used in connection with the naval ship. Ship Terminology The front, top, and side views of a naval ship are shown in fig (a), (b) and (c) respectively. The terms used are: Bow: It is the fore or front end of

We already know that the angular acceleration is the rate of change of angular velocity. It is a vector quantity and can be represented both in magnitude and direction with the help of right hand screw rule. A body rotating in a plane about a fixed axis is subjected to the angular acceleration. But whenever