Results

Given Conditions :
g = 9.81 m/s2,
x = 1000 mm,
Outer radius of large disk = 0.050 m,
Outer radius of small disk = 0.035 m,
Inner radius = 0.005 m,
Mass of large disk = 0.623 kg,
Mass of small disk = 0.319 kg,
Mass moment of inertia of a circular disk, Io = 0.5 (radius)2 (mass)

Tabulation of Data
Inclination
Angle,
( )
1
2
3
4
5

Time taken for disk to roll down in 1m distance, (s)

Small Disk
Large Disk
t1
t2
t3
t4
t5
tavg
t1
t2
t3
16.06 16.40 16.13 16.29 16.03 16.182 22.78 22.25 22.69
11.75 11.40 11.66 11.72 11.60 11.626 16.62 16.69 16.65
9.71 9.72 9.75 9.69 9.78 9.730 13.84 13.82 13.82
8.00 8.03 8.10 7.97 8.06 8.032 11.47 11.44 11.47
7.34 7.25 7.22 7.28 7.25 7.268 10.35 10.25 10.35
Table-1: Time taken for disk to roll down in 1m distance, (s)

Calculations
Numbers of turns, f = L/2r
= 1.00m / 2(0.005)
= 31.83 ( about 32 turns)
Angular Displacement,
= f(360)
= 31.83 (360)
= 11458.8 = 200 rad

t4
22.59
16.72
13.97
11.40
10.38

t5
22.72
16.57
13.62
11.38
10.31

tavg
22.606
16.650
13.814
11.432
10.328

Or
x = rin , x = 1000 mm,
= x/ rin = 1/0.005 = 200 rad.

Average time taken, tavg = (t1 + t2 + t3 + t4 + t5) / 5

g = 9.81 m/s2, x = 1000 mm,
ro (large) = 0.050 m, ro (small) = 0.035 m, rin = 0.005 m,
m (large) = 0.623 kg, m (small) = 0.319 kg
Io = 0.5 (radius)2 (mass)
Io(large) = 0.5 (0.05)2 (0.623) = 7.7875 (10-4) kgm2
Io(small) = 0.5 (0.035)2 (0.319) = 1.9539 (10-4) kgm2
Theoretical Angular Acceleration, = mgri sin / Io
(large) = ml g ri sin / Io(large)
(small) = ms g ri sin / Io(small)
= 0.5t2
Experimental Angular Acceleration, = 2 / t2
(large) = 2 / t2 (large)
(small) = 2 / t2 (small)
Percentage of Error (%) = abs ((Theoretical - Experimental ) / Theoretical )
Inclination Angle, Theoretical Angular
( )
Acceleration, (rad/s2)

1
2
3
4
5

Experimental Angular Percentage of Error (%)

Acceleration,
(rad/s2)
Small
Large
Small
Large
Small Disk
Large
Disk
Disk
Disk
Disk
Disk
1.3976
0.6848
1.5276
0.7827
9.3017
14.2961
2.7948
1.3695
2.9594
1.4429
5.8895
5.3596
4.1911
2.0537
4.2251
2.0961
2.5292
2.0646
5.5861
2.7372
6.2003
3.0607
10.9951
11.8186
6.9796
3.4200
7.5723
3.7500
8.4919
9.6491
Table-2: Percentage error of the angular acceleration of the disks

Graph

Angular Acceleration, against Inclination Angle,

()
Experimental Small

Disk

7
Theoretical Small
Disk

Angular Acceleration,

6
5

Experimental Large
Disk

4
3

Theoretical Large
Disk

2
1
0
1

Inclination Angle,
()

Graph-1: Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Angular Acceleration between Large and
small disk

Percentage of Error (%)

16

PERCENTAGE ERROR OF BOTH LARGE AND SMALL

DISK

14
12
10

Large Disk
Small Disk

8
6
4
2
0
1

Inclination Angle,
( )

Graph-2: Comparison of percentage error between large and small disk