The rolling of a complete ship side-ways is known as pitching of a ship.

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• The pitching of a ship is assumed to take place with simple harmonic motion.
• When the pitching of a ship is upward, the effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be
• When the pitching of a ship is upward, the effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be
• 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.
• The steering of a ship means
• The steering of a ship means
• 6 m. It rotates at 1800 r.p.m. clockwise, when looking from the stern. Determine the gyroscopic couple, if the ship travels at 100 km/hr and steer to the left in a curve of 75 m radius.
• In the following picture the G is the center of gravity, the quantity h is known as the “offset”. I is the moment of inertia and k is the radius of gyration. Offset’s value is given by?
• The net force acting on the crosshead pin is known as                      
• In the given turning moment diagram, the process X is known as