Dynamic Interaction of Unbalanced Masses Spinning in Vacuum
V. N. Samohvalov
This paper presents results of experimental research in vacuum into interactions between spinning disks that are close together but not mechanically linked. The research demonstrates that, during co-rotation at large angular velocities, there are interaction forces between the disks, causing precession of the disk spins and elastic deformation of the disk surfaces, in the form of a screw twisting. Thus there is energy transfer from one spinning disk to another initially immobile disk, leading it to gyration, and in their simultaneous gyration, a crossinhibiting action, and heating of the disks.
