Experiment N®: 13, 14

Physics Lab. Report

Name of the Experiment:

• Torsional Pendulum
• Compound Pendulum

Name of the Student:

René Augusto Zalazar Ayala

Career:
Electromechanical Engineering

Date:
18/09/2019

Score:

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 1) Objectives (General)
Torsional Pendulum/Compound Pendulum

To record and analyze the periods of the bodies and also to record some specific physical
parameters.

2) Theory
Torsional Pendulum

τ=-Kθ.
𝑑2 𝜃 𝑑2 𝜃 𝑘
According to τ = I → = − 𝜃 Solving:
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡 2 𝐼

𝐾
𝑤= √
𝐼

𝐼
Thus, 𝑇 = 2𝜋√𝐾
2𝑙𝐾𝜃 2𝑙𝐾
Also we will use 𝑛 = =
𝜋𝜃𝑅4 𝜋𝑅4

Compound Pendulum
𝑑2 𝑥
Comparing with the general form 𝑑𝑡 2 = −𝑤 2 𝑥

we can conclude that

𝑚𝑔𝑙 2𝜋 2
𝑤2 = =( )
𝐼 𝑇
𝐼
Thus 𝑇 = 2𝜋√𝑚𝑔𝑙

1
𝐼𝐶𝑀 = 𝑚𝐿2
12
4𝜋2 𝐿
𝑔= 𝑇𝑜2

1
𝐼𝐶𝑀 + 𝑚𝑙 2 12 𝑚𝐿2 + 𝑚𝑙 2 𝐿2 + 12𝑙 2
𝑇 = 2𝜋√ = 2𝜋 √ = 2𝜋√
𝑚𝑔𝑙 𝑚𝑔𝑙 12𝑔𝑙