A Formal Physics Laboratory Report

EXPERIMENT

DETERMINING INERTIAL MOMENT OF SOLID CYLINDER I AND

FRICTION FORCE Fms IN THE DRIVE SPINDLE

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I. Aims/Purposes:
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II. Method, Equipment and Procedure:
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III. Equations:
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IV. Experimental Data:
- Mass of counterbalance: m = ..............  .............. ( g )
- Accuracy of Caliper: ..................... ( mm)
- Accuracy of timer: .............. ( s)
- Accuracy of a millimeter of h1 and h2: ............................ ( mm)
- Initial height h1: h1 = ..............  .............. ( mm)
d d t t h2 h2
Data ( mm) ( mm) ( s) ( s) ( mm) ( mm)
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2
3
4
5
Mean

V. Calculations:
5.1Calculating the total absolute errors of the measurement of mass m, diameter d, timer t and
height h
∆ m=∆ msys +∆ m=… … … … ( 10−3 kg )
∆ d=∆ d sys+ ∆ d=… … … … ( 10−3 m)
∆ t=∆ t sys+ ∆ t=… … … … ( s )
∆ h1=∆ h 1sys+ ∆ h1=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
∆ h2=∆ h 2sys+ ∆ h2=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
5.2 Calculating the inertial moment of the solid cylinder I and friction force Fms
π=3.14and ∆ π =0.005
g=9.81 m/ s2 and ∆ g=0.005 m/ s 2
( h́ − h́ )
F́ ms=ḿ . ǵ 1 2 =… … … …( N )
( h́ 1+ h́2)

∆ F ms ∆m ∆g 1 1 1
F́ms
=
ḿ
+
g
+
| −
h́1 −h́2 h́1+ h́2 | |
. ∆ h 1+
−1
−
h́ 1−h́2 h́1+ h́2 |
. ∆ h 2=… … … … …

=>∆ F ms=… … (N )

ḿ. d́ 2 h2
Í =
4 ( g . t 2.
)
h1 . ( h1 +h 2 )
−1 =… … … …( kg .m2 )

∆ I ∆ m 2 ∆ d ∆ g 2 ∆ t −1 1 1 1
Í
=
ḿ
+
d́
+
g
+
t́
+ −
h́1 h́1 + h́2 |
. ∆ h1+ −
| |
h́2 h́ 1+ h́2
. ∆ h2 =… … …
|
=> ∆ I =…(kg . m2)

VI. Conclusions:
F ms=( F́ ms ± ∆ F ms )=… … … … … …( N )
I =( Í ± ∆ I )=… … …± … … …( kg . m2)