Moment of inertia - Steiner's

Mass of each weight on the rod, m =

PART A
Determination of restoring torque per unit angle of the spring

S. No. Distance, r (m) 5T (s)

1 without weights 9.50 9.66 9.50 9.58 9.54
2 0.30 32.66 32.36 32.64 32.56 32.62
3 0.25 27.67 28.18 27.65 27.85 27.82
4 0.20 23.06 23.12 23.03 23.15 23.10
5 0.15 18.35 18.56 18.35 18.30 18.37
6 0.10 14.34 14.16 14.40 14.38 14.30
7 0.05 11.19 11.22 11.22 11.17 11.20

Slope of the graph, a =

Restoring torque, D = 0.0439559

Intercept on y-axis, T02 =

Error in intercept =
Error in restoring torque, δD =

Restoring torque of the spring (D± δD) =

PART B (Steiner's Theorem)

Mass of the disc, M = 688 g
Radius of the disc R = 0.2 m
Moment of inertia of the disc = 13.76 gm^2
 Use the time period you have measured to calculate IA

S. No. Distance a (m) 5 T (s)

1 17.85 17.93 17.87 17.94 17.87
2 0.02 17.84 17.87 18 17.92 17.87
3 0.04 18.06 18.12 18.03 18.1 18.07
4 0.06 19.84 19.47 19.87 19.77 19.81
5 0.08 20.03 20.03 20.05 20 20.02
6 0.1 21.38 21.57 21.43 21.46 21.42
7
8
9

Slope of the graph, M = 687.92

Intercept on y- axis, Is ==

Results:

(Analyze and write what you have learned in your words)

By the experiment we get the relation between moment of inertia of the weights and the square of the distance
and we get restoring torque of the torsion axle .
tia - Steiner's Theorem
0.24 kg

e of the spring

T^2 Vs r^2
T (s) r (m )
2 2
T (s )
2 2
45.00
1.91 3.65
40.00
6.51 0.0900 42.38 35.00
5.57 0.0625 31.02 T^2 (s^2) 30.00
4.62 0.0400 21.34 25.00
20.00
3.68 0.0225 13.55
15.00
2.86 0.0100 8.17 10.00
2.24 0.0025 5.01 5.00
0.00
0.0000 0.0200 0.0400 0.0600 0.0800 0.1

r^2 (m^2)

430.6688644689

3.877262
0.11680739
0.00209812
0.044± 0.002098
asured to calculate IA

T (s) a2 (m2) (T/2π)^2 (s^2) IA (g m^2)

Iᴀ Vs a^2
3.5784 0.324 13.76
25.00
3.58 0.0004 0.325 14.04
3.6152 0.0016 0.331 14.86
3.9504 0.0036 0.395 16.23 20.00
4.0052 0.0064 0.406 18.16
4.2904 0.01 0.466 20.64 15.00

Iᴀ (gm^2)
10.00

5.00

13.7584555985 0.00
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.0

a^2 (m^2)

e square of the distance

 T^2 Vs r^2

3.65

0.0400 0.0600 0.0800 0.1000

r^2 (m^2)
 Iᴀ Vs a^2

IA (g m^2)

02 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012

a^2 (m^2)