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Sample data/results – PASCO ME-8091 Wilberforce Pendulum User Manual

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Model No. ME-8091

Wilberforce Pendulum

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Part II: The Effect of Rotational Inertia on Oscillatory Periods

from a Pendulum Swing

Table 2: The Effect of Rotational Inertia on a Pendulum’s Oscillation

Sample Data/Results

Run
No.

Disk
Radius
(cm)

Rotational
Inertia

(kg/m

2

)

Oscillation

Period
(seconds)

Maximum
Angular
Velocity
(rad/s)

Maximum
Force
(N/m)

1

vertical:
rotational:

2

vertical:
rotational:

3

vertical:
rotational:

4

vertical:
rotational:

5

vertical:
rotational: