PURPOSE:

Analyze the relation between Torque (M) and angular acceleration (α)

Check if the two are directly proportional, and have I as their constant

MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS:

Dynamometer (r=2- s.0,01 )N

Meter Tape (r=5,000-s.0,001 )m

Rotational motion device attached to a P.C. with a encoder

Digital scale (r=2000-s.0,001)g

Caliper (r=17,7-s=0,05)mm

Rotational motion device

The device is essential to find α, once a mass is attached to the wire that passes on the super pulley ( as you
can see from the visual representation below ) the device will start rotate; the encoder on the P.C. attached
to it will calculate time and the angular speed of the motion and make a graph (ꙍ=y; t=x) with them. Once
stopped the rotating movement you will select a part of the graph and the software will calculate its slope
that will be equal to α.

CONCEPTUAL STEPS

Measure the 2 quantities in different situation and check if the radius is constant

Calculate I of the system and check if is equal, considering errors, to the radius obtained before
THEORICAL OVERVIEW:

For check if the M and alpha are directly proportional we need to calculate the Torque in the first place to
know its formula

𝑀 =𝑏∙𝐹
F will change for every mass used, but we can simply calculate it by using a dynamometer

b instead is given by the length of the wire, and won’t change base on the mass used, anyway since the
wire is wrapped around the 3 step pully ( as u can se sopra ) during the rotation it will unroll and change its
length, for this, before the starting of the experiment we will measure the length of the wire at the starting
and at the ending point, the average between the two will be our b.

Once measured the two values we will check if their ratio is constant and in second pace if is equal to the I
calculated theoretically

For calculating the I we will need to calculate before the Itot we will need to sum all the other I:

𝐼𝑡ℎ𝑒 = 𝐼𝑏𝑎𝑟 + 𝐼𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 + 𝐼𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡1 + 𝐼𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡2 + 𝐼𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟

But since 𝐼𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 and 𝐼𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 are meant to be neglected we have that:

𝐼𝑡ℎ𝑒 = 𝐼𝑏𝑎𝑟 + 𝐼𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 + 𝐼𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡1

For calculate them we use the general Moment of Inertia formula 𝐼 = 𝑘𝑚𝑅 2 , where k is given while m and
r need to be measured

Calculated the 𝐼𝑡ℎ𝑒 we just need to compare it with the 𝐼𝑒𝑥𝑝 ( the ratio calculated before), if we did
everything right the two should be equal.

PROCEDURE:

1. Calibrate, vertically, the dynamometer

2. Make sure that every time, the mass used with the rotatory motion device starts and stops ate the
same point
3. Measure the diameter of the thickness of the rolled wire at the start and at the ending of the
motion
4. Calculate the average radius
5. Calculate with the dynamometer the Force exert by the mass
6. Put the mass on the wire and take them to the chosen starting point (the one chosen before)
7. Activate the software
8. Release gently the mass, the device will starts rotating and the mass will fall elongating the wire
9. When the mass reaches the final point, gradually and gently stop the motion and the running of the
software
10. Select on the graph on the computer the data from which α will be calculated, select the part that
look more like a straight line
11. annotate the value calculated by the software
12. do this for every mass you use
13. Measure the masses of the 2 bricks and the bar that compose the rolling device
 14. Measure, with the ruler, the distance from the most external point of the brick to the center and
also the length of the bar
15. Calculate Torque of every masses used
16. Divided the Torque by α, and check if is constant
17. Calculate the total of the rolling device and compare it with the k obtained before

COLLECTING DATA:

TORQUE-ANGULAR ACCELERATION GRAPH

0,0060000
0,0050000 y = 0,0053x + 3E-05
0,0040000
M

0,0030000
0,0020000
0,0010000
0,0000000
0,00 0,20 0,40 0,60 0,80 1,00
α

COCLUSION:

Analisi grafico

Considerazioni sulle 2 I collegamento percentage shift

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