ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CONSERVATION OF ROTATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY LAB
(Updated July 21, 2004)
General Announcements : Uncertainty : Inclined Plane : Conservation of Mechanical Energy : Collisions - Conservation of Momentum : Conservation of Rotational Kinetic Energy : Simple Harmonic Motion : Velocity of Sound in Air : Standing Waves on a String
The picture below shows the experimental setup for this experiment. Make sure that your wheel is reasonably level (what will the motion of the wheel be like if it is not level?).
Section D.1. Generating Simulated Data, Paragraph 1:
The equations given for the moments of inertia for a disk and a ring include a term 'M'. You need to use the mass of the Roto-Dyne wheel, not the mass of the hanging weights.
General : Uncertainty : Inclined Plane : Conservation of Mechanical Energy : Collisions - Conservation of Momentum : Conservation of Rotational Kinetic Energy : Simple Harmonic Motion : Velocity of Sound in Air : Standing Waves on a String