OBJECTIVE:
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS:
APPARATUS:
EXPERIMENT I (suggested procedures):
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EXPERIMENT II Suggested Procedures:
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Then the torque on the wheel is
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EXPERIMENT III (optional):
Second Measurement of the Flywheel Rotational Inertia
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By the parallel axis theorem,
where
is the
rotational inertia of the added mass
about its own c. of mass. Hence
the rotational inertia of the flywheel,
, is: