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    This experiment uses a torsional pendulum to study the rotational motion of rigid bodies. A torsional pendulum consists of a disk-like mass suspended from a thin rod or wire. When twisted and released, the mass will oscillate back and forth in simple harmonic motion. This allows measurement of the moment of inertia of different shaped objects. The period and angular velocity of oscillation can be used to determine the torsional constant of the spring and verify equations of motion for a torsional pendulum that are analogous to Hooke's law. Procedures are described to measure moments of inertia and verify the parallel axis theorem.

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    Torsional Pendulum

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    This experiment uses a torsional pendulum to study the rotational motion of rigid bodies. A torsional pendulum consists of a disk-like mass suspended from a thin rod or wire. When twisted and released, the mass will oscillate back and forth in simple harmonic motion. This allows measurement of the moment of inertia of different shaped objects. The period and angular velocity of oscillation can be used to determine the torsional constant of the spring and verify equations of motion for a torsional pendulum that are analogous to Hooke's law. Procedures are described to measure moments of inertia and verify the parallel axis theorem.

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    This experiment uses a torsional pendulum to study the rotational motion of rigid bodies. A torsional pendulum consists of a disk-like mass suspended from a thin rod or wire. When twisted and released, the mass will oscillate back and forth in simple harmonic motion. This allows measurement of the moment of inertia of different shaped objects. The period and angular velocity of oscillation can be used to determine the torsional constant of the spring and verify equations of motion for a torsional pendulum that are analogous to Hooke's law. Procedures are described to measure moments of inertia and verify the parallel axis theorem.

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    Torsional Pendulum

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    Konstantinos Filippakos
    This experiment uses a torsional pendulum to study the rotational motion of rigid bodies. A torsional pendulum consists of a disk-like mass suspended from a thin rod or wire. When twisted and released, the mass will oscillate back and forth in simple harmonic motion. This allows measurement of the moment of inertia of different shaped objects. The period and angular velocity of oscillation can be used to determine the torsional constant of the spring and verify equations of motion for a torsional pendulum that are analogous to Hooke's law. Procedures are described to measure moments of inertia and verify the parallel axis theorem.

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    Torsional pendulum

    Goal
    This experiment is designed for the review of the rotation of rigid body

    Related topics
    Rotational motion, Oscillatory motion, Elasticity

    Introduction
    A torsional pendulum, or torsional oscillator, consists usually of a disk-like mass suspended
    from a thin rod or wire (see Fig. 1). When the mass is twisted about the axis of the wire, the wire
    exerts a torque on the mass, tending to rotate it back to its original position. If twisted and
    released, the mass will oscillate back and forth, executing simple harmonic motion. This is the
    angular version of the bouncing mass hanging from a spring. This gives us an idea of moment of
    inertia. We will measure the moment of intertia of several different shaped objects. As
    comparison, these moment of intertia can also be calculated theoretically.We can also verify the
    perpendicular axis theorem. Given that the moment of intertia of one object is known, we can
    determine the torsinal constant K.
    Fig. 1 Skematic diagram of a
    torsional pendulun
    This experiment is based
    on the torsional simple
    harmonic oscillation with the
    analogue of displacement
    replaced
    by
    angular
    displacement , force by
    torque M, and the spring
    constant by torsinal constant.
    For a given small twist (suffciently small), the experienced reaction is given by
    M = - K
    (1)
    This is just like the Hookes law for the d 2 springs. If a mass with moment of inertia I is
    I
    attached to the rod, the torque will give the dt 2 mass an angular acceleration according to
    M = I= Then we get the relation

    d 2
    K

    (2) dt 2
    I
    Hence on solving this second order
    differential equation we get
    and
    2
    T 2K I I
    K
    (3)

    where is the angular velocity and T is the period. These are our governing equation of the
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    experiment.

    Experiment device

    Fig. 2 Schematic diagram of the experiment device

    Procedure
    1.

    Familiarize yourself with the operation of the device. Adjust the device carefully so that it is
    ready for the measurement.
    2. Determine the torsinal constant K of the spiral spring with a plastic cylinder. Employ the
    theoretically calculated moment of inertia of the plastic cylinder as a known value.
    3. Measure the moment of inertia of differently shaped object. Compare the measured results
    with the theoretically calculated values.
    Optional
    4. Verify the parallel axis theorem.

    Questions
    1.
    2.

    On which factors is the moment of inertia dependent?


    What are the causes that may bring error to our measurement?

    References
    1.

    (Fundamental Physics Laboratory)


    2004 pp. 100-103
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    2.

    Ravitej Uppu Torsional Pendulum http://www.cmi.ac.in/~ravitej/lab/4-torpen.pdf

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