Can the axis who passes through the centriod be considered the principal axis of maximum moment of inertia? This makes no sense for me. :s Please keep helping please.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession)
This piece of information clears my doubts and explains why the gyroscope makes de precession motion. But why does the body tend to rotate around a line which is a principal axis of maximum moment of inertia?
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«(...) a torque τ applied perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and therefore perpendicular to L, results in a motion perpendicular to both τ and L. This motion is called precession.»(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope)
Why does this happen? Assumpting this makes all further calculus...
hi everyone...
I've got a question to you. It may seem a bit stupid but I have not been able to figure out WHY the gyroscope precession happens.
In fact, why doesn't the torque of the applied force just make the object fall? Assumpting that this torque does not make the object falling but...