Moment of Inertia of A Flywheel

AIM:
To determine the moment of inertia of a flywheel.
APPRATUS:
 Fly wheel
 Weight hanger
 Slotted weights
 Stop watch
 Meter scale
THEORY:
 The flywheel consists of a heavy circular disc/massive wheel fitted with a
strong axle projecting on either side. The axle is mounted on ball bearings on
two fixed supports. There is a small peg on the axle. One end of a cord is
loosely looped around the peg and its other end carries the weight-hanger.

 Let "m" be the mass of the weight hanger and hanging rings (weight
assembly). When the mass "m" descends through a height "h", the loss in
potential energy is

 The resulting gain of kinetic energy in the rotating flywheel assembly

(flywheel and axle) is
 Where,
I -moment of inertia of the flywheel assembly
ω-angular velocity at the instant the weight assembly touches the ground.

 The gain of kinetic energy in the descending weight assembly is,
Where v is the velocity at the instant the weight assembly touches the ground.

 The work done in overcoming the friction of the bearings supporting the
flywheel assembly is

Where,
n - number of times the cord is wrapped around the axle
Wf - work done to overcome the frictional torque in rotating the flywheel
assembly completely once
 Therefore, from the law of conservation of energy we get
On substituting the values we get
Now the kinetic energy of the flywheel assembly is expended in rotating N

times against the same frictional torque. Therefore
and
If r is the radius of the axle, then velocity v of the weight assembly is related to
r by the equation
 Substituting the values of v and Wf we get:
Now solving the above equation for I
Where, I = Moment of inertia of the flywheel assembly

N = Number of rotation of the flywheel before it stopped
m = mass of the rings
n = Number of windings of the string on the axle
g = Acceleration due to gravity of the environment.
h = Height of the weight assembly from the ground.
r = Radius of the axle.

 Now we begin to count the number of rotations, N until the flywheel stops and
also note the duration of time t for N rotation. Therefore we can calculate the
average angular velocity in radians per second.
Since we are assuming that the torsional friction Wf is constant over time and
angular velocity is simply twice the average angular velocity
PROCEDURE:
 The length of the cord is carefully adjusted, so that when the weight-hanger
just touches the ground,the loop slips off the peg.
 A suitable weight is placed in the weight hanger
 A chalk mark is made on the rim so that it is against the pointer when the
weight hanger just touches the ground.
 The other end of the cord is loosely looped around the peg keeping the weight
hanger just touching the ground.
 The flywheel is given a suitable number (n) of rotation so that the cord is
wound round the axle without overlapping.
 The height (h) of the weight hanger from the ground is measured.
 The flywheel is released.
 The weight hanger descends and the flywheel rotates.
 The cord slips off from the peg when the weight hanger just touches the
ground.By this time the flywheel would have made n rotations.
 A stop clock is started just when the weight hanger touches the ground.
 The time taken by the flywheel to come to a stop is determined as t seconds.
 The number of rotations (N) made by the flywheel during this interval is
counted.
 The experiment is repeated by changing the value of n and m.
 From these values the moment of inertia of the flywheel is calculated using
equation .
OBSERVATION TABLE:
Mass of the flywheel = 10 kg
Diameter of the flywheel = 20 cm
For radius of the axel = 1 cm

For radius of the axel = 1.5 cm
For radius of the axel = 2 cm
CALCULATIONS:
 For radius of axel = 1 cm
Mean M.I. = o.01422 kg.m2
 For radius of axel = 1.5 cm
Mean M.I. = 0.00996 kg.m2
 For radius of axel = 2 cm
Mean M.I. = 0.00726 kg.m2
RESULT:
Therefore,
At radius of axel = 1 cm,

M.I. of the flywheel = 0.01422 kg.m2
At radius of axel = 1.5 cm,

M.I of the flywheel = 0.00996 kg.m2
At radius of axel = 2 cm,

M.I. of the flywheel = 0.00726 kg.m2
CONCLUSION:
Thus, the moment of inertia of the flywheel for different radius of axels is
calculated.

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AIM:

To determine the moment of inertia of a flywheel.

 The resulting gain of kinetic energy in the rotating flywheel assembly

On substituting the values we get

Now the kinetic energy of the flywheel assembly is expended in rotating N

 Substituting the values of v and Wf we get:

Now solving the above equation for I

Where, I = Moment of inertia of the flywheel assembly

 The flywheel is released.

 The weight hanger descends and the flywheel rotates.

 The time taken by the flywheel to come to a stop is determined as t seconds.

 The experiment is repeated by changing the value of n and m.

Diameter of the flywheel = 20 cm

For radius of the axel = 1 cm

For radius of the axel = 2 cm

 For radius of axel = 1 cm

Mean M.I. = o.01422 kg.m2

 For radius of axel = 1.5 cm

Mean M.I. = 0.00996 kg.m2

 For radius of axel = 2 cm

Mean M.I. = 0.00726 kg.m2

At radius of axel = 1 cm,

At radius of axel = 1.5 cm,

At radius of axel = 2 cm,

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