RESULTS

Section A
Table 1 Flywheel Acceleration
No. of Turns
N
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
4
4
4

Weight [N]

Time, [sec]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
7
5
3

28.74
19.21
15.80
13.66
12.30
11.23
10.55
7.30
8.55
11.51

Effective Couple
0.0012107
0.0027099
0.0040058
0.0053592
0.0067964
0.0079294
0.0089845
0.0187652
0.0136794
0.0075483

0.0060850
0.0136212
0.0201352
0.0269382
0.0332246
0.0398575
0.0451611
0.0830016
0.0605090
0.0333889

Section B
Table 2 Flywheel Energy
Weight
[N]

Initial
Revolu
tions,

Time,
[sec]

Time,
[sec]

12.53
12.19
12.21
8.81
9.11
8.91

12.31

8.94

Final
Revolu
tions,

259
257
258
34
34
34

Final
Revoluti
ons,

Velocity,
[rad/s]

Bearing
Friction,
[N.m]

Experimental
Moment of
Inertia,
[
]

258

8.167

0.01922

0.9051

Theoretical
Moment of
Inertia,
[
]

0.0056
34

5.623

0.07294

0.8697

Graph of Total Load [N] against 1/t^2

8
7

y = 355.58x + 0.2598

y = 764.08x - 0.0383

Total Load [N]

6
5
4

8 turns
4 Turns

3
2
1
0
0

0.005

0.01
1/t^2

0.015

0.02