Rotational Motion

Objective
Purpose of the lab is to find the force exerted by a string attached to a falling mass to
exert a torque on a disk. You will time the fall of the mass and calculate the
acceleration of the disk. From this, you will determine an experimental value for the
moment of inertia and compare it to a theoretical value.
Data Sheet Disk Alone
Mass of disk !."!#kg diameter of disk $.%%& m
radius of disk $.!!" m'heoretical moment of inertia ( ) * m r
%

$.$$#%%! kg+m,%-istance mass falls $.#% m
Medium Medium
.$ g !$$ g
-rum
diameter $.$%.! m $.$%.! m
-rum
radius $.$!%.. m $.$!%.. m
'ime of fall
! !"./. s !$.0! s
'ime of fall
% !".&$ s !$."% s
'ime of fall
0 !..$" s !$..! s
1verage
time !".&0 s !$."! s
1verage
velocity $.$/%$ m2s $.$&&0 m2s
Final
velocity $.!%" m2s $.!3/ m2s
'angential
acceleration $.$$&" m2s
%
$.$!/# m2s
%
1ngular
acceleration $.//#0 rad2s
%
!.0"//!
rad2s
%
'ension in
string $."#$ 4 $.#3# 4
'orque on
rotating
system
$.$$/!. 4+
m $.$!%% 4+m
5xperimental value of moment of inertia 6from slope7 $.$$#!$0 kg+m,%
Percent error in experimental value8 !.0$9
:ncertainty calculations8
*;!."!#6.!!0,%7 ) $.$$#$/ kg+m,%
!2%;!."!#6$.!!",%7 )$.$$#%%! kg+m,%
*;!."!#6$.!!.,%7 )$.$$#0&0 kg+m,%
$.$$#$/,%<$.$$#%%,%<$.$$#0&0,%) $.$$$%..
$.$$$%..20) $.$$$$&.
=quare root of $.$$$$&. )$.$$#%%% kg+m,%
:ncertainty is > $.$$#%%% kg+m,%
Data Sheet Disk with Steel Ring
Mass of ring !."%/ kg inner diameter $.!!& m outer diameter $.!%3 m
'heoretical moment of inertia ( ) * m 6r
!
%
< r
%
%
7 $.$%!" kg+m,%
-istance mass falls $.#% m
Medium Medium
.$ g !$$ g
-rum
diameter $.$%.! m $.$%.! m
-rum
radius $.$!%.. m $.$!%.. m
'ime of fall
! !&."% s !0.$% s
'ime of fall
% !&./% s !0.!$ s
'ime of fall
0 !&.3& s !0.!# s
1verage
time !&./$ s !0.!$
1verage
velocity $.$"# m2s $.$3$ m2s
Final
velocity $.$#& m2s $.!"$ m2s
'angential
acceleration $.$$.0 m2s
%
$.$!! m2s
%
1ngular
acceleration $."%% rad2s
%
$.&3/ rad2s
%
'ension in
string $."#$ 4 $.#&$ 4
'orque on
rotating
system $.$$/. 4+m $.$!%% 4+m
'otal moment of inertia for apparatus 6from slope7 $.$!"! kg+m,%
5xperimental moment of inertia of ring alone $.$$"##3 kg+
m,%
Percent error in experimental value !%.&9
Data Sheet Disk on Edge
Mass of disk!."!# kg diameter $.%%& m radius $.!!" mheight $.$%"#
m
'heoretical moment of inertia6()!2"mr,%<!2!%mh,%7$.$$#%#"kg+m,%
-istance mass falls $.#% m
Medium Medium
.$ g !$$ g
-rum
diameter $.$%.! m $.$%.! m
-rum
radius $.$!%. m $.$!%. m
'ime of fall
! !!.$0 s 3..! s
'ime of fall
% !!.!$ s 3..0 s
'ime of fall
0 !!.!3 s 3.&! s
1verage
time !!.!$ s 3./% s
1verage
velocity $.$&% m2s $.!%$ m2s
Final
velocity $.!/" m2s $.%"$ m2s
'angential
acceleration $.$!. m2s
%
$.$0! m2s
%
1ngular
acceleration !.!#. rad2s
%
%."3$ rad2s
%
'ension in
string $."#$ 4 $.#3& 4
'orque on
rotating
system
$.$$/!" 4+
m $.$!%% 4+m
5xperimental value of moment of inertia 6from slope7 $.$$.$$" kg+
m,%
Percent error in experimental value /.&09
Sample Calculation
Mass of disk !."!# kg
-istance mass falls $.#% m mass !$$ g
!$$ g
=ample
calculations
from table !
-rum $.$%.! m
diameter
-rum $.$!%.. m
) .$%.! m
%
radius
'ime of fall
! !$.0! s
'ime of fall
% !$."% s
'ime of fall
0 !$..! s
1verage !$."! s ) 6sum of times720
time
1verage $.$&&0 m2s
) $.#%m
!$."! s
velocity v ) d2t
Final $.!3/ m2s ) $.$&&0 m2s x %
velocity v
f
) %v
avg
'angential $.$!/# m2s
%
) $.!3/ m2s !$."! s
acceleration a ) v
f
2t
1ngular !.0"//! rad2s
%
) $.$!/# m2s
%
$.$!%.. m
acceleration ) a2r
'ension in $.#3# 4 ) $.!$$ kg 6#.&! m2s
%
+ $.$!/# m2s
%
7
string ' ) m6g+a7
'orque on $.$!%% 4+m ) $.#3# 4 x $.$!%.. m
rotating ) 'r
system