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This programme is concerned firstly with an explanation of why a spinning top balances, and secondly with applications of the derived mathematics of spinning bodies to gyroscopes. A study of the co...ntrols of a ship's stabilising system is given as an example.
This programme is concerned firstly with an explanation of why a spinning top balances, and secondly with applications of the derived mathematics of spinning bodies to gyroscopes. A study of the co...ntrols of a ship's stabilising system is given as an example.
| Module code and title: | MST204, Mathematical models and methods |
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| Item code: | MST204; 20; 1989 |
| First transmission date: | 1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Glan Thomas |
| Contributors: | Paul Clark; Allan I.,1936-2013 Solomon |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Car-ferry; Newton's Law; Spinning top balancing; Tops; Torque; Vector product |
| Subject terms: | Angular momentum |
| Master spool number: | HOU6328 |
| Production number: | FOUM338E |
| Videofinder number: | 3034 |
| Available to public: | no |
