Compound Pendulum Essay

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Compound Pendulum Experiment No 6 November 17,2011 Lab No 2B Sub Group 2 Ali Jamal 2011043 Behroze Rehman 2011072 Danyal Ishaq 2011079 Ammad Farasat 2011052 Purpose : To determine acceleration due to gravity,g,using a compound pendulum and to determine radius of gyration about an axis through the center of gravity for the compound pendulum and to determine moment of inertia of a rod about its centre of gravity. Procedure : Balance the bar on a sharp wedge and mark the position of its C.G, then fix the knife edges in the outermost holes at either end of the bar pendulum. The knife edges should be horizontal and lie symmetrically with respect to centre of gravity of the bar then check with spirit level that the glass plates fixed on the suspension wall bracket are horizontal. The support should be rigid,then suspend the pendulum vertically by resting the knife edge at end A of the bar on the glass plate,then adjust the eye piece of the telescope so that the cross wires are clearly visible through it. Focus the telescope on the lower end of the bar and put a reference mark on the wall behind the bar to denote its equilibrium position then displace the bar slightly to one side of the equilibrium position and let it oscillate with the amplitude not exceeding 5 degrees. Make sure that there is no air current in the vicinity of the pendulum then use the stop watch to measure the time for 30 oscillations. The time should be measured after the pendulum has had a few oscillations and the oscillations have become regular then measure the distance l from C.G. to the knife edge then record the results in Table . Repeat the measurement of the time for 30 oscillations and take the mean then suspend the pendulum on the knife edge of side B and repeat the measurements in steps 6 -9 above then fix the knife edges

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