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During upward pitching, Gyroscopic couple will tend to move the ship towards ________

(a) Star-board

(b) Port side

(c) Ship movement is unaffected by upward pitching

(d) Left side

This question was addressed to me in an interview.

This question is from Effect of Gyroscopic Couple on a Navalship during Pitching & Rolling in chapter Gyroscopic Couple and Precessional Motion of Machine Dynamics

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Correct option is (a) Star-board

The best explanation: During upward pitching, angular displacement of axis of spin from mean position is positive i.e Anti clockwise, therefore gyroscopic couple moves it towards right side or star board.

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