Date of Last Revision
2023-05-03 02:42:52
Major
Civil Engineering - Cooperative Education
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Fall 2017
Abstract
The objective of this project is to suggest that the moment of inertia for irregular shaped objects can easily be determined experimentally. The objects considered in this experiment were a solid wooden block and a model airplane. To ensure that the method and configuration is sufficient a wooden block with known moments of inertia was first tested, and the results from the experiment were compared to the known and accepted values. For this particular experiment, the periods were determined by timing how long 10 oscillations lasted for 10 different trials, and then taking the average of those 10 trials to best account for any outliers and human error. Following the wooden block test, the moment of inertia could then be determined of the model airplane as well as any other object using the same method.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Wieslaw Binienda
First Reader
Dr. Ala Abbas
Second Reader
Dr. David Roke
Recommended Citation
Koken, Michael, "The Experimental Determination of the Moment of Inertia of a Model Airplane" (2017). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 585.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/585
Included in
Aerospace Engineering Commons, Aviation Commons, Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons, Mechanical Engineering Commons, Physics Commons