6.

0 RESULT

6.1 TABLE
Spin Spin Average Precession
Mass, Radius,r Couple,M Precession
Speed,N speed,ω precession speed,Ω Ω×ω
m (kg) (m) (Nm) period,T (s)
(rpm) (rad/s) period,T (s) (rad/s)
8.13
0.12 0.1766 8.16 8.21 0.08 40.81
8.35
6.28
0.15 0.2207 6.46 6.38 0.11 52.51
6.41
4.87
0.18 0.2649 5.25 5.12 0.14 65.43
5.25
4.44
0.15 0.21 0.3090 4585 480.14 4.22 4.42 0.16 75.84
4.60
4.03
0.24 0.3532 3.78 3.94 0.18 85.15
4.00
3.65
0.27 0.3973 3.75 3.65 0.19 91.75
3.56
3.28
108.3
0.3 0.4415 3.03 3.09 0.23
6
2.97
6.2 EXPERIMENT 1

Figure 1: Graph Moment,M (Nm) vs Precession speed x Spin speed (Ω×ω)

6.3 EXPERIMENT 2

Effect on the rod for step 2 Front - tilted downward

Effect on the rod for step 3 Front - tilted upward
7.0 DISCUSSION

7.1 EXPERIMENT 1

1. The experimental inertia value,I, is 0.0041, while the actual I is 0.0045. The
experimental value is slightly lower, with a small percentage error of 8.89%,
which means the experimental value is still acceptable. The error might be
coming from human error during recording the precession period using a
stopwatch and parallax error because the eye position is not exactly parallel
with the scale.

2. The gyroscopic effect is the tendency of rotating objects to maintain the

orientation of their rotation. The gyroscopic effect is important because it is
included in any situations in our daily life, such as the measurement of the
angular position of a moving vehicle and gyrocompasses. For the measure of the
angular position, the gyroscope is attached to the vehicles; the spinning mass
will keep its angular position while the vehicles are in motion. In comparison
application, the gyroscopic effect will ensure the pointer always stays in the
North direction. The gyroscopic compass is better than the magnetic compass
because it can not deviate caused by the magnetic field.

3. The mass moment of inertia will increase because the couple's value increases.
When the moment of inertia increases, the period is significantly reduced; thus,
the precession speed will be double.

7.2 EXPERIMENT 2

1. Without any external force applied, the gyroscope can maintain rotary on its axis,
but with external force apply on its body, it moves upward or downward in
response. This is because the gyroscope tends to resist any other external force
that will change its rotational axis by moving 90 degrees to the applied force. In
step 2, experiment 2, when the gyroscopic body was turned clockwise, the front
part of the gyroscope tilted downward. In contrast, if the gyroscope was turned
counter-clockwise, such as in step 3, the front part of the gyroscope would be
tilted upward.
8.0 CONCLUSION

In conclusion, this experiment was conducted to study gyroscopic behaviour.

There are two types of experiments conducted. Experiment 1, where the mass is
placed at different distances and the time taken for the gyroscope to rotate is
recorded. While in Experiment 2, an observation is made when an external force is
applied to the gyroscope body. In the first experiment, the comparison between the
actual inertia value and experimental value is made, and it is proven that all the
experimental data are reliable with a percentage error of less than 10%. While the
result from Experiment 2 also follows the gyroscopic theory, concluding that this
experiment was carried out successfully.