The first part of the experiment involved looking at the moment of inertia of the aluminium disk by

making it a physical pendulum. A bench stand with a multiclamp was used to properly arrange the
aluminium disk in a vertical position.To introduce torque, two 100g weights were attached at the
bottom of the disk and the disk was slightly displaced at a small angle and made to oscillate. The time
period was taken note of with the help of the stopwatch. 3 swings were timed and the time period was
taken note of. The experiment was carried out 10 times to get a much better mean.

A weight was attached to one of the rims of the wheel and the wheel was carefully pushed to induce
torque, one of the things to be careful about was not to make too many rims pass through the light gate,
it was necessary to be careful to only induce torque slight enough to make minimum 2 rims pass the
light gate.

Precession of gyroscope:

1) Moment of inertia

The moment of inertia of gyroscope can too as well be

measure by making it a physical pendulum. The bench
clamp, 75 cm stand rod and leybold multiclamp were
arranged and the gyroscope was set up as shown in
figure xyz. The gyroscope was clamped on its axle close
to centre of gravity (just below the red line as mentioned
in the labscript). Two 100g weights were then attached
to the rim of the wheel to introduce torque. The infrared
detector arm and electronic timer were used that get
switched on when the spokes of the wheel pass by them.
2) Centre of gravity
3)
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\subsection{Analysis}

When carrying out the first part of the experiment it was noted that the oscillations were damped, as in,
the oscillations slowed down with progressing time and it was harder to take accurate measurements of
the swings. As the swings damped it became harder to distinguish at what position and time to stop the
stopwatch which is why it was decided that 3 swings would be a better estimate to time the period of
the oscillating disk.