PROCEDURE

1. Wooden pendulum was hanged by a steel pin at first suspension point, O1.
2.

The pendulum was allowed to oscillate from left side to right side.

3. The time was taken for the pendulum to complete 10 oscillations is recorded by
stopwatch.
4.

Steps 2 and 3 are repeated 3 times to obtain 3 readings in order to get the average time
taken for 10 oscillations.

5. Next, the pendulum was allowed to oscillate from right side to left side.
6.

The time taken for the pendulum to complete 10 oscillations was recorded by
stopwatch.

7. Steps 5 and 6 are repeated 3 times to obtain 3 readings in order to get the average time
taken for 10 oscillations.
8. The wooden pendulum was hanged by a steel pin at second suspension point, O2.
9. Step 2 to 7 is repeated for the second suspension point, O2.
10. Finally, the Mass Moment of Inertia (MMI), IG and IO are determined by using the
equations of Mathematical and Physical Pendulum.
11. The value obtained was compared with the value obtained from manual calculation.

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