Experimental Report 5

DETERMINATION OF MOMENT OF INERTIA BASED ON TORSIONAL

VIBRATION
Verification of instructors
Name: Nguyễn Nam Hải
ID: 20213610
Class: CTTT – Kỹ thuật điện tử viễn thông (ET-E4)
Group: 2

I. EXPERIMENT RESULTS
1. Measurement of force (F(N)):
a. For φ 1=10ᴼ:
Trial R(m) F(N) τ 1 =F.r (Nm)
1 0.55 0.069
2 0.60 0.075
3 0.125 0.55 0.069
4 0.55 0.069
5 0.60 0.075
5

∑ τi
i=1
τ1= =0.071(Nm)
5

√∑
5
s . d .= ¿ ¿ ¿¿
i=1

b. For φ 2=20ᴼ:
Trial R(m) F(N) τ 2=F.r (Nm)
1 1.20 0.150
2 1.10 0.138
3 0.125 1.15 0.144
4 1.20 0.150
5 1.15 0.144
5

∑ τi
τ 2= i =1 =0.145( Nm)
5
 √
5
s . d .= ∑ ¿ ¿ ¿¿
i=1

c. For φ 3=30ᴼ:
Trial R(m) F(N) τ 2=F.r (Nm)
1 1.75 0.219
2 1.70 0.213
3 0.125 1.65 0.206
4 1.60 0.200
5 1.60 0.200
5

∑ τi
τ 3= i=1 =0.208(Nm)
5

√∑
5
s . d .= ¿ ¿ ¿¿
i=1

2. Measurement of vibration period (T(s)):

T(s)
Trial
10ᴼ 20ᴼ 30ᴼ
1 0.932 0.946 0.958
2 0.934 0.948 0.958
3 0.932 0.946 0.952
4 0.920 0.950 0.954
5 0.938 0.944 0.956
5 5 5
Averag
e ∑Ti ∑Ti ∑ Ti
i=1 i=1 i=1
T 1= =0.931 T 2= =0.947 T 3= =0.956
value 5 5 5

√ √ √
5 5 5

s.d. ∑ (T ¿¿i −T ) 2
∑ (T ¿¿i−T ) 2
∑ (T ¿¿i−T )2
i=1 i=1 i=1
≅ 0.006 ¿ ≅ 0.002 ¿ ≅ 0.002 ¿
5 5 5
s.d . s.d . s .d.
S.D. ∆ T 1= ≅ 0.003 ∆ T 2= ≅ 0.001 ∆ T 3= ≅ 0.001
√5 √5 √5
T 1 +T 2+ T 3 0.931+0.947+0.956
T= = =0.945(s)
3 3

ΔT =
√( ΔT ) +( Δ T ) +(Δ T
1
2
2
2
3 )2
=
√ (0.003)2 +(0.001)2 +(0.001)2
=0.001( s)
3 3

Hence: T =0.945 ± 0.001(s )

 II. DATA PROCESSING
1. Graph showing the relationship of torsion on deflection angle φ :

0.25

f(x) = 0.403677266148636 x
0.2

0.15
𝜏 (Nm)

0.1

0.05

0
0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55

Angle 𝝋 (rad)

2. Determination of the torsion modulus Dτ based on the graph:

- We can see from the graph that: The “best fit” line passes through the points
(0.175; 0.071) and (0.524; 0.208).

Dτ =
Δτ 0.208−0.071
=
Δ φ 0.524−0.175
=0.393 ≅ 0.39 N .( m
rad )
+ ¿¿ −¿¿
- Similarly, we see on the two blurred line, we can estimate the D τ and D τ :
 + ¿=
0.211−0.070
0.524−0.175
=0.404 N . (m
rad
¿ )
Dτ

−¿=
0.205−0.072
0.524−0.175
=0.381 N . (m
rad
¿ )
Dτ
−¿

( )
Dτ 0.404−0.381 m
+¿−Δ = =0.012 ≅ 0.01 N . ¿
2 2 rad
ΔDτ =Δ Dτ ¿

Hence: D τ =¿ 0.39 ± 0.01 N . ( m

rad )
3. Calculation of the moment of inertia of the long rod:

√ I
( )
2
T
- We have: T =2 π Dz ⇒ I z=Dτ × 2 π
τ

( ) ( )
2 2
T 0.945
I z =D τ × =0.393 × =8.888 ×1 0−3 ≅ 8.9× 10−3 (kg m2 )
2π 2× 3.142

√( )( )
2
ΔT
2
Δ Dτ
Δ I z=I z 2 +
T Dτ

√( )( )
2 2
−3 0.001 0.012
¿ 8.888 ×1 0 × 2× +
0.945 0.393

¿ 0.272 ×1 0−3 ≅ 0.3 ×1 0−3 ( kg m2)

Hence: I z =¿ (8.9 ± 0.3 ¿× 1 0−3 (kg m2 )