A Mathematical Model for Predicting the Damping Time of a Mercury Damper

Abstract

The mercury damper is a device for damping the nutation of a rotating body. This report explains how a mercury damper works, and derives a simple expression for the damping time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0722003

Entities

People

  • Ernest E. Rogers

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Angular Momentum
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Flow Rate
  • Gravity
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mathematical Models
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Momentum
  • New York
  • Reynolds Number
  • Security
  • Specific Gravity
  • Total Angular Momentum

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