Students of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty, NSTU NETI created a digital twin of a gyroscope for remote research
The virtual lab interface allows changing the gyroscope parameters and initial conditions. Dynamic reproduction of the gyroscope movement is accompanied by the image of its axis end trajectory, which helps to effectively perceive the nature of the changes. The system allows connecting to the virtual gyroscope remotely. Currently, it is only available to NSTU NETI students and researchers, but the faculty management is considering creating a shared access system for research institutes and students of other Russian universities.
Scientific paper of Igor Muramshchikov and Nikita Skrynnik's "Project development of the virtual laboratory work with 3D visualization of gyroscope motion" in Journal of Physics: Conference Series aroused great interest of Ton de Jong, one of the prominent European specialists in multimedia education. Professor Ton de Jong (University of Twente, the Netherlands) offered the authors collaboration and demonstration of their virtual lab on Go-Lab (www.golabz.eu), a major international Internet platform aiming at introducing innovative learning technologies using virtual online laboratories.
Earlier, the report by Igor Muramshchikov and Nikita Skrynnik was awarded a first-degree diploma at the section of the International conference in Tomsk (TUSUR University, November 2019). Research advisor of the project is Alexandr Baranov, PhD (Physics and Mathematics), associate professor of General Physics Department, NSTU NETI. For many years, he has been initiating and organizing projects for computer simulation of physical processes with second-year students of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty.
"Now our collection of virtual laboratories has about two hundred digital twins of various laboratory devices, including a device for determining the specific charge of an electron by the magnetron method, a device for studying the movement of an electron in a ray tube, and even a program for simulating the fall of a meteorite in the Earth's atmosphere. Most of the students' developments are interactive virtual laboratories with 3D dynamic visualization of the simulated systems and processes. Virtual laboratories can be used in distance education as an additional means for practical studies in physics and as interactive demonstrations at lectures," says Vladimir Timofeyev, Dean of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty, NSTU NETI.
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Gyroscope (from Old Greek. "ring" + "look") is a mechanical device that can respond to the changes in the orientation angles of the body on which it is installed. Gyroscopes are actively used in a number modern technologies, including aircraft manufacturing, the production of smartphones and game consoles, quadrocopters and gyroscuters, as well as in cruise missile guidance systems.