Setup Example for Moment of Inertia

The equipment and items for experiment

Moment of inertia apparatus; hooked Mass set; string; a meter stick; caliper; pulley; two photo gates; right angle support clamp holder; V- groove (Table) clamp; two extension clamps; a long aluminum bar

This is the initial setup to measure the moment of inertia of the shaft (the axis of the apparatus).
Setup Example for Moment of Inertia

Then, put one of the object and measure how it is accelerated with two photo gates.
Setup Example for Moment of Inertia

Likewise, use the other object.
Setup Example for Moment of Inertia

Notes

  • What is the moment of inertia? How is it different from mass?

    • Lab manual for Moment of Inertia




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