Description
Set of 5 Plastic Shapes for Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum Experiments.
This set of shapes are flat, made of plastic, and with a 5 mm thickness. Each shape features a set of holes in different positions. These holes can be used to attach the shapes to the high-lift air table using our Knobs for Air Table. One hole is always positioned at the center of mass of the shape.
These shapes are usually used for:
- Experiments of moment of Inertia. Attaching the shape to different holes will lead to different moment of inertia around the axis of rotation. This can be shown by providing a constant torque with a string and identifying the angular acceleration from the camera data.
- Experiments of Angular Momentum :
- Placing a constant torque in a shape while tracking its motion will show the basic relationship between torque, moment of inertia, and angular acceleration.
- Making the shape spin as some mass is dropped on the shape and evaluating the angular momentum from the camera data will also show conservation of angular momentum. This can also be shown by placing a couple of shapes in free motion on the table while making them collide.
