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The pitching of the ship is assumed to take place with which of the following motion?

(a) Constant acceleration

(b) Simple Harmonic Motion

(c) Cycloidal

(d) Uniform Velocity

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My question is based upon Effect of Gyroscopic Couple on a Navalship during Pitching & Rolling topic in section Gyroscopic Couple and Precessional Motion of Machine Dynamics

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Right choice is (b) Simple Harmonic Motion

Explanation: Motion of the spin axis about transverse axis undergoes SHM, the motion tends to be longitudinal oscillatory rotation about the transverse axis.

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