Table 3.

Torque and Angular Acceleration

Mass of Pulley Outer Radius Moment of Inertia
M = 0.100 Kg R = 100 mm I = 0.0025 kg.m2
TRIAL linear acceleration angular acceleration
falling mass falling weight Torque a (m/s2) α (rad/s2)
m (kg) mg (N) τ (Nm)
1 0.100 0.98 0.098 6.571 65.71

2 0.200 1.96 0.196 7.813 78.13

3 0.300 2.94 0.294 8.387 83.87

4 0.400 3.92 0.392 8.667 86.67

Screenshot of Trial 1 (set up and v vs. t graph):

Sample Computation of Trial 1 (a and α):

Analysis:
From the four trials finished, the steady mass (M), 0.1 kilograms and radius (r) of the pulley were set to
decide the moment of inertia of a strong disk pulley. The falling masses in table 1 were set to 0.100kg, 0.200kg,
0.300kg and 0.400kg for every preliminary separately.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, it can be seen from this experiment that as the falling mass increases, so does the linear
acceleration.