Castro, Karl B.

November 22, 2021

PHYS101L/A10 2021101358

E103 MOMENT OF INERTIA

Tabulated Data:

TABLE 1. Determination of Moment of Inertia of Disk (rotated about the center)

mass of disk, M DISK = 1,402.8 grams Moment of Inertia of Disk (from Eqn. 7):

radius of disk, RDISK = 11.43 cm

I DISK = 91,630 g-cm2

friction mass = 20 grams radius of shaft, r = 1.243 cm

(mass of pan + mass added), m acceleration, a Moment of Inertia of Disk (from Eqn. 10):

70 grams 1.23 cm/s2 90,000 gcm2

% difference 6%

TABLE 2. Determination of Moment of Inertia of Disk (rotated about the diameter)

mass of disk, M DISK = 1,402.8 grams Moment of Inertia of Disk (from Eqn. 8):

radius of disk, RDISK = 11.43 cm

I DISK = 45,820 g-cm2

friction mass = 10 grams radius of shaft, r = 1.243 cm

(mass of pan + mass added), m acceleration, a Moment of Inertia of Disk (from Eqn. 10):

50 grams 1.26 cm/s2 60,000 gcm2

27 %
% difference
Handwritten Computations:
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Tabulated Data:

TABLE 1. Determining the Weight of Pans

Actual value of pan 1, P1 = 24.9 g

Actual value of pan 2, P2 = 24.7 g

Trial L1 L2 L3 L4 P1 (computed) P2 (computed)

W1 =10 g
1 15.2 cm 17.8 cm 15.0 cm g g
10.5 cm
W2 = 5 g

W1 =15 g
2 9.0 cm 14.2 cm 19.5 cm 10.0 cm g g
W2 =25 g

Average weight of pan 1, P1 = grams

Average weight of pan 2, P2 = grams

Percent Difference for P1 = %

Percent Difference for P2 = %

TABLE 2. Determining the Weight of the Beam

Trial L1 L2 W1  P1 WB (Computed) WB (Measured by Weighing)

1 14.0 cm 7.5 cm (24.9+50) g g

g
2 9.8 cm 7.5 cm (24.9+50) g g

Average Weight of Beam, WB = grams

Percent Difference = %
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