Experiment No # 2

Objective:To determine the moment of inertia of disk experimently and compare it with
theoretical values.

Apparatus:

3 step pulley
Cord
Stop Watch
Weight hanger & different value weights

Theory:If the Weight on the hanger is mg downward and the tension T is upward and the resultant
force acting downward will be ma.
mg - T = ma
T = m (g - a)
For the value of Acceleration, Newtons 2nd motion of equation
h = vit +

1
2
2 at

As intial velocity is zero so,

a=

2h
t

Where for the value of T,

=T r
=I

Where the moment of inertia I for the mass m and its distance r is,
I = mr2
moment of 1st moment or second moment, where the First moment Example is,
=F . r

For Moment of Interia of rectangle:Ixx = bd3/12

Iyy = db3/12

For Moment of Inertia of Circle:Ixx =

4
4 R

Ixx =

4
64 D

Polar Moment of Area:Polar moment of area is a quantity used to predict an object's ability to resist
torsion, in objects (or segments of objects) with an invariant circular cross section and no
significant warping or out-of-plane deformation.

or
Parrallel Axis Theorem:The moment of inertia of any object about an axis through its center of mass
is the minimum moment of inertia for an axis in that direction in space. The moment of
inertia about any axis parallel to that axis through the center of mass is given by
I

IG + mh2

Perpendiculer Axis Theorem:For a planar object, the moment of inertia about an axis perpendicular to the plane is
the sum of the moments of inertia of two perpendicular axes through the same point in the plane
of the object.
Izz = Ixx + Iyy

Obsevation & Calculations:-

MR 2
2

M = 0.9 kg

I=

D = 120 mm = 0.120 m

R = 60 mm = 0.060 m

DiaL = 50 mm = 0.050 m

rL = 0.025 m

Dias = 25 mm = 0.025 m

rs = 0.0125 m

Sr

Time

(kg)

(m)

(s)

(ms-1)

0.15

1.15

t1
2.5

t2
2.4

t3
2.6

tavg
2.5

1.20

0
2.3

7
2.5

6
2.0

5
2.3

1.18

1
2.0

3
1.4

7
1.8

0
1.7

2
3

0.20
0.25

0.356
0.450
0.810

(rad/s)

T
(N)

Nm

Iexp

Error

(kg.m2)

14.24

1.41

0.035

0.0024

53.679

18.41

6
0.86

4
0.040

8
0.002

29.5

32.64

0
2.24

0.050

0.0015

9.3