CONSERVATION
MODEL
(This Device is no longer available.)
EQUIPMENT
Conservation Model
NARRATIVE
This model demonstrates
that angular velocity of a rotating system is inversely proportional to the moment of
inertia if the torque remains constant. The constant torque is due to a falling object,
whose mass is negligible, attached over a pulley to a drum which drives the rotating
masses located on the horizontal arms. The masses may be moved to change the radius of the
rotating system.