Dzhanibekov effect

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The effect discovered by Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov has been kept secret by Russian scientists for more than ten years. He not only violated all the harmony of previously recognized theories and concepts, but also turned out to be a scientific illustration of the coming global catastrophes. There are a great many scientific hypotheses about the so-called end of the world.

The statements of various scientists about the change of the earth's poles have been around for more than a decade. But, despite the fact that many of them have coherent theoretical evidence, it seemed that none of these hypotheses could be tested experimentally. From history, and especially from the recent history of science, vivid examples are known when, in the process of tests and experiments, scientists encountered phenomena that run counter to all previously recognized scientific theories. Such surprises include the discovery made by the Soviet cosmonaut during his fifth flight on the Soyuz T-13 spacecraft and the Salyut-7 orbital station (June 6 - September 26, 1985) by Vladimir Dzhanibekov. He drew attention to an effect that is inexplicable from the point of view of modern mechanics and aerodynamics. The culprit of the discovery was the usual nut. Observing her flight in the space of the cabin, the astronaut noticed strange features of her behavior.

It turned out that when moving in zero gravity, a rotating body changes its axis of rotation at strictly defined intervals, making a revolution by 180 degrees. In this case, the center of mass of the body continues to move in a uniform and rectilinear manner. Even then, the astronaut suggested that such "strange behavior" is real for our entire planet, and for each of its spheres separately. This means that one can not only talk about the reality of the notorious ends of the world, but also imagine in a new way the tragedies of past and future global catastrophes on Earth, which, like any physical body, obeys general natural laws.

Why was such an important discovery kept silent? The fact is that the discovered effect made it possible to set aside all the previously put forward hypotheses and approach the problem from completely different positions. The situation is unique - experimental evidence appeared before the hypothesis itself was put forward. To create a reliable theoretical base, Russian scientists were forced to revise a number of laws of classical and quantum mechanics.

A large team of specialists from the Institute for Problems in Mechanics, the Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety and the International Scientific and Technical Center for Space Objects Payloads worked on the evidence. It took over ten years. And for all ten years, scientists tracked whether foreign astronauts would notice a similar effect. But foreigners, probably, do not tighten the screws in space, thanks to which we not only have priorities in the discovery of this scientific problem, but are also almost two decades ahead of the whole world in its study.

For a while, it was believed that the phenomenon was only of scientific interest. And only from the moment when it was possible to theoretically prove its regularity, the discovery acquired its practical significance. It was proved that changes in the Earth's axis of rotation are not mysterious hypotheses of archeology and geology, but natural events in the history of the planet. Studying the problem helps to calculate the optimal time frames for launches and flights of spaceships. The nature of such cataclysms as typhoons, hurricanes, floods and floods, associated with global displacements of the planet's atmosphere and hydrosphere, has become more understandable.

The discovery of the Dzhanibekov effect gave rise to the development of a completely new field of science, which deals with pseudo-quantum processes, that is, quantum processes that occur in the macrocosm. Scientists always talk about some incomprehensible leaps when it comes to quantum processes. In the ordinary macrocosm, everything seems to be going smoothly, even if sometimes very quickly, but consistently. And in a laser or in various chain reactions, the processes occur abruptly. That is, before they start, everything is described by some formulas, after - by completely different ones, and about the process itself - zero information. It was believed that all this is inherent only in the microworld.

Head of the Natural Risk Forecasting Department of the National Committee for Environmental Safety, Viktor Frolov, and Deputy Director of NIIEM MGShch, a member of the board of directors of the very center of space payloads, which dealt with the theoretical basis of the discovery, Mikhail Khlystunov, published a joint report. In this report, the entire world community was informed about the Dzhanibekov effect. Reported for moral and ethical reasons. It would be a crime to hide the possibility of a catastrophe from humanity. But our scientists keep the theoretical part behind seven locks. And the point is not only in the ability to trade know-how itself, but also in the fact that it is directly related to the amazing possibilities of predicting natural processes.

Possible reasons for this behavior of a rotating body:

1. The rotation of an absolutely rigid body is stable relative to the axes of both the largest and the smallest principal moment of inertia. An example of stable rotation around the axis of the smallest moment of inertia used in practice is stabilization of a flying bullet. A bullet can be considered an absolutely solid body to obtain a sufficiently stable stabilization during its flight.

2. Rotation around the axis of the greatest moment of inertia is stable for any body for an unlimited time. Including not absolutely tough. Therefore, this and only such a spin is used for completely passive (with the orientation system turned off) stabilization of satellites with a significant non-rigidity of construction (developed SB panels, antennas, fuel in tanks, etc.).

3. Rotation around an axis with an average moment of inertia is always unstable. And the rotation will indeed tend to move towards decreasing the rotational energy. In this case, various points of the body will begin to experience variable acceleration. If these accelerations will lead to variable deformations (not an absolute rigid body) with energy dissipation, then, as a result, the axis of rotation will be aligned with the axis of the maximum moment of inertia. If deformation does not occur and / or energy dissipation does not occur (ideal elasticity), then an energetically conservative system is obtained. Figuratively speaking, the body will somersault, always trying to find itself a “comfortable” position, but every time it will slip and look again. The simplest example is a perfect pendulum. The lower position is energetically optimal. But he will never stop there. Thus, the axis of rotation of an absolutely rigid and / or ideally elastic body will never coincide with the axis of max. moment of inertia, if initially it did not coincide with it. The body will forever perform complex tech-dimensional vibrations, depending on the parameters and the beginning. conditions. It is necessary to install a ‘viscous’ damper or actively damp vibrations by the control system, if we are talking about a spacecraft.

4. If all the main moments of inertia are equal, the vector of the angular velocity of rotation of the body will not change either in magnitude or in direction. Roughly speaking, in the circle of which direction it twisted, in the circle of that direction it will rotate.

Judging by the description, the “Dzhanibekov nut” is a classic example of the rotation of an absolutely rigid body, twisted around an axis that does not coincide with the axis of the smallest or largest moment of inertia. And this effect is not observed here. Our planet moves in a circular orbit and its axis of rotation is almost perpendicular to the plane of orbital motion. Perhaps this difference from the “Janibekov nut” (which moves along the axis of rotation) will prevent the planet from turning over.