CONRAD SEA Bow 4
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Model DH--I. G
Electromagnetic-—Controlled Gyrocompass
Instruction
HY 1.000.001 SS
Shanghai Marine Instrument General FactoryKet Fig 1-2
Ingyioscope thn awwcment is called precession , and las's for all time during the action
of extecnal moe! Ax ssn ass the external moment disappeared the precession will also
1 tate of gyroscope caa be formulated as;
disappeared he eves
Where = Mis the external
His the moment uf menneniim of gyroscope
1.2. The rotation of the ravi wel i's apparent movement
‘The earth contmwnely winios wonund the self-rotation ade NS with a angular rate of We ‘The
selfrotation smpsaku wie 0 the any point of the earth's surface at given altitude can be
divided into two components (op (9), The vertical coraponent is perpendicular to the surfce
‘of the rads Wt (WW -We 301 s+) and dhe horizontal consponent is in meridian direction W1
W1We Cos 1
A ideal fice pyrerieupse willbe stole relative to the inertia space . therefore has @ movement
calapparcot movement .
Relative to the eat, ca
aT
Fig 1-3
The borizental component eutnpewsent W1 produced from the rotation of the earth , makes
easter surface of the curt stukiny dum and western surface raising up. When the main side ofyroscope is away (ism the metalian , his component tills the maiz axde . UF the nocth of the axle
in the east ofthe ou, He north end will ase wp, olberwise wall goes down . Thus the
horizontal compuicid Wt ol the angular rate of the eats ca show the information whether the
uyro's main ade is wv mvc ple, this 2 useful compement
The vertical componcin W , produced from the station of the earth , makes the eacth’s
surface to tur , nul wake maui axle of the gyre to tw nto avimath If the gyrascope is in north
altinade , it's north cwt moves towards east , in son le , towards west . The vertical
component W2 of the anya anc of the always makes tle main axle away from the meridian
plane . this és @ hora conspenewt
1.3 Become: lier nyt syrocompass
For a gyrocompr, nt ly coe indication but alo ice the Koel meridian. it is
neoessary to sense thr yio's nu wxle deviation from the: ouwual meridian plane and apply a
suitable moment to let ia nae nn back to orginal plane wal keeping a stability. Tis known
according tothe law oi! sisi wuavement. the north end will se up if it isin the east and sinc
down in west. bocanr wl the w ton of the horizontal compensa of the rotation of the earth
thew heel age forthe main axle relative to the horizontal and give 8
control moment towan: en ot went according to te angle’s value and direction , diem fet the
sain axle clove to Uiesieeule plane AC the same time provided « reasonable damping to the
north-finding moment i ins mau ante willbe steady in the rip meridian plane ideally
Although @ sirple ptrysicat pein can measure the horizontal tilting angle for the main
tale of gyro .a electromag et jonni ill adopted in gyrocornpass
Fig 1-4 shows the pwns operation principle briefly The main subassemblies
{included in gyrocompas +
(1) Inertia component tive fervdom balance gyroscope
(2) Tilting—measue emmenn Heclromagnetic pendaiam,
G) Moment componen’ Arwwil and horizontal momentmeans and related amplifiers
‘Therefore we can mex
control
Sy
ratio
adjusting
resistence
(4 Ca
7 aa ‘moment
acturtor
ig bt
‘Asouming that north cud of ta gyoupe's rain axles slightly to wards east at aangle it
will be getting up due to de aetion of horizontal component WI of the rotation of the earth . The
electro-magnetic pendulum ia righlly cwnected on gyroscope , and the main plane of the electro-