Rotational Motion & Gyroscopes
Mi-1 Rotating Stool
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate the conservation of angular momentum.
Mi-2 The Inclined Plane
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate the influence of moment of inertia on bodies rolling down an inclined plane.
Mi-3 Precession
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate precession i.e. a rotating body is said to precess when, as a result of an applied couple, the axis of which is at right angles to the rotation axis, the body turns about the third mutually perpendicular axis.
Mi-4 Gyroscope in a Suitcase
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
A fun filled demonstration of the gyroscopic characteristics of a rotating wheel.
Mi-5 Moment of Inertia
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate the dependence of the moment of inertia on the distribution of mass with respect to the axis of rotation.
Mi-6 Mobile Gyroscope
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate that a rotating axis will maintain direction, with three degrees of freedom.
Mi-7 Double Wheel Gyroscope
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate that the angular momentum is a vector quantity.
Mi-8 Gyroscopic Stabilisation
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate the stabilisation properties of gyroscopes
Mi-9 Knife Edge Gyroscope
Published: Thursday 09 March 2006
To demonstrate the inherent stability of a gyroscope
Mi-10 Flattening of the Poles
Published: Thursday 30 April 2009
To demonstrate the flattening of 2 rings under the influence of the centrifugal force.