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Lab Report Radius of Gyration

The document is a lab report on studying the radius of gyration of a rolling disc on an inclined plane. The objective is to find the radius of gyration experimentally. Equipment used includes a rolling disc, inclined plane, meter rod and vernier caliper. The disc is allowed to roll down the inclined plane and the time taken is measured. This is repeated for different initial heights. The experimental and theoretical radius of gyration are calculated and compared to find the percentage error. Radius of gyration is defined as the radial distance from the axis of rotation that has the same moment of inertia as the actual mass distribution. It characterizes the typical distance travelled by a moving point and is useful in estimating the stiffness of a column.

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Lab Report Radius of Gyration

The document is a lab report on studying the radius of gyration of a rolling disc on an inclined plane. The objective is to find the radius of gyration experimentally. Equipment used includes a rolling disc, inclined plane, meter rod and vernier caliper. The disc is allowed to roll down the inclined plane and the time taken is measured. This is repeated for different initial heights. The experimental and theoretical radius of gyration are calculated and compared to find the percentage error. Radius of gyration is defined as the radial distance from the axis of rotation that has the same moment of inertia as the actual mass distribution. It characterizes the typical distance travelled by a moving point and is useful in estimating the stiffness of a column.

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LAB REPORT

Engineering Dynamics-Lab

RADIUS OF GYRATION
TO STUDY THE RADIUS OF GYRATION OF A ROLLING
DISC ON AN INCLINED PLANE

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore


EXPERIMENT
TO STUDY THE RADIUS OF GYRATION OF A ROLLING DISC
ON AN INCLINED PLANE
Objective:
To find the radius of gyration of a rolling disc on an inclined plane.
Apparatus:
 Rolling disc
 Inclined planed
 Meter rod
 Vernier caliper

Procedure:
 We set the end of an inclined plane at some certain height.
 Using Vernier caliper, we find the radius of spindle
 The disk is put on the lighter end of inclined plane and is then allowed to freely
roll under the action of gravity.
 The time taken of disc rolled is noted.
 Repeat the experiment for same observation and find average.
 Find experimental and theoretical values of radius of gyration.
 Find the percentage error by formula:

Theoretical value−Experimental value


%Error= ×100
Theoretical Value
OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION:
Value of R =7.535
Value of r = 0.625
Value of L =168.5
Distance travelled by the disk=S=L-2R
S=153.43cm
Value of g=981 cm/s2
No. Initial Final Time taken by disk Angula Radius Radius %
Of height height r of of Error
Obs. (h1) (h2) velocity gyration gyration
W=2s/rt K(exp) K(Th)
(cm) (cm) [2g(h1-
h2)]1/2/w2 (0.707)
R
(cm)
(rad/s) (cm)
T1 T2 T3 T avg
(s) (s) (s) (s)
1. 20.32 10 18.48 16.76 17.87 17.7 27.74 0.18 5.33 96.6

2. 16.51 10 20.54 19.35 21.09 20.33 24.15 0.19 5.33 96.4

3. 14.22 10 24.79 23.69 24.01 24.16 20.32 0.22 5.33 95.8

Theory:
Radius of gyration:
Radius of gyration or radius of a body about an axis of rotation is defined as the
radial distance to a point which would have a moment of inertia the same as the
body's actual distribution of mass, if the total mass of the body were concentrated.

Mathematically the radius of gyration is the root mean square distance of the
object's parts from either its center of mass or a given axis, depending on the
relevant application. It is actually the perpendicular distance from point mass to the
axis of rotation. One can represent a trajectory of a moving point as a body. Then
radius of gyration can be used to characterize the typical distance travelled by this
point.

Application:
In structural engineering, the two-dimensional radius of gyration is used to
describe the distribution of cross-sectional area in a column around its centroidal
axis with the mass of the body.
The gyration radius is useful in estimating the stiffness of a column. If the principal
moments of the two-dimensional gyration tensor are not equal, the column will
tend to buckle around the axis with the smaller principal moment. For example, a
column with an elliptical cross-section will tend to buckle in the direction of the
smaller semiaxis.

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