gyroscope_ode

gyroscope_ode, a Python code which sets up the ordinary differential equations (ODE) that simulate the angular attitude and rotational speed of a gyroscope.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

gyroscope_ode is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

python_ode, a Python code which sets up various systems of ordinary differential equations (ODE).

Reference:

• Forest Ray Moulton,
  "The Damped Gyroscope",
  Differential Equations,
  Dover, 1958.

Source Code:

• gyroscope_ode.py, the source code.
• gyroscope_ode.sh, runs all the tests.
• gyroscope_ode.txt, the output file.

• gyroscope_deriv.m, returns the right hand side of the ODE.
• gyroscope_parameters.m, returns parameters for the ODE.