Lab Report 2 (Moments of Inertia, Lab 9)

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Bernath, Ashley Partner: Ashton, Lindsay Moments of Inertia TA: Acharya, Bishnu Section #4 April 11, 2022 Objective The objective of this experiment was to determine the moment of inertia of a system and calculate the new moment of inertia ( τ = I α ¿ after adding mass to the existing system. Newton’s second law when it comes to rotational motion can be manipulated to determine the moment of inertia. In this experiment the independent variable is the three varying masses applied to the system. The dependent variable is angular acceleration. The equation used would be torque= inertia times angular acceleration. Data and Analysis A torque was applied to the rotational apparatus by a string being wrapped around the axle and a tension force was exerted by a mass at the end of the string. We then recorded the amount of time it took for the mass to reach the ground. We recorded this process using a stopwatch. We did five trials for the first part of the experiment in which we used two different hanging masses which were 50 grams and 100 grams respectively. For the second part of the experiment, we placed three 1.35 Kilogram masses on the rotating plate and repeated the process from part one. Once we completed all of the trials, we calculated the average times for the hanging masses in part one and part two. In order to determine linear acceleration for the masses in parts one and two, we used equation 1, a = 2x/ t 2 . Then we calculated the angular acceleration by using equation 2, a = a/r. The tension force exerted by the hanging mass was found using equation 3, T=m(g+a). Finally, the net torque was calculated using equation 4, t = r*F. The
experimental moment of inertia was the slope of the graphed line in part one. In part two the angular acceleration and net torque were shown on the graph to show the new moment of inertia. With these calculations, we calculated the theoretical value of the new moment of inertia using the added masses and their distance from the center of the apparatus. Trial # t-Part 1 (a) t-Part 1 (b) t-Part 2 (a) t-Part 2 (b) 1 10.67s 7.30s 24.70s 17.52s 2 10.41s 7.36s 24.84s 17.60s 3 10.77s 7.40s 24.96s 17.10s 4 11.10s 7.38s 24.98s 17.36s 5 11.12s 7.43s 24.74s 17.55s Average 10.814s 7.374s 24.844s 17.426s Part 1 (a) Part 1 (b) Part 2 (a) Part 2 (b) a 0.013 m/s 2 0.028 m/s 2 0.002 m/s 2 0.005 m/s 2 α 0.489 rad/s 2 1.05 rad/s 2 0.075 rad/s 2 0.188 rad/s 2 T 0.489 N 0.977 N 0.489 N 0.979 N τ 0.013 Nm 0.027 Nm 0.013 Nm 0.026 Nm
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