Question

The rotor of a ship rotates in clockwise direction when viewed from stern and the ship takes a right turn. The effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be to raise the stern and lower the bow.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

I'd like to ask this question from Gyroscopic Couple in portion Gyroscopic Couple and Precessional Motion of Machine Dynamics

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

To explain I would say: The rotor of a ship rotates in clockwise direction when viewed from stern and the ship takes a left turn. The effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be to raise the bow and lower the stern.

The rotor of a ship rotates in clockwise direction when viewed from stern and the ship takes a right turn. The effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be to raise the stern and lower the bow.