Ball Rolling On Inclined Plane
Since the velocities do not depend on the size or mass of the object it s recommended that you first race similar objects.
Ball rolling on inclined plane. It is wide enough 0 4 m to race objects side by side down the hill. The final test of your measurements and computations will be to position a bull s eye on the floor so that the ball lands in its center circle on the first. Your goal in this experiment is to predict where a steel ball will land on the floor after having rolled down an incline plane. The inclined plane is 2 meters long and is adjustable up to 20 w r t.
The block can only accelerate in the direction along the plane. Before looking at rolling objects let s look at a non rolling object. Ball bearing rolling down an inclined plane. Ball rolling down inclined plane this demonstration shows constant acceleration under the influence of gravity reproducing galileo s famous experiment.
Suppose that i have some frictionless block on an inclined plane. After many trials he observed that the amount of time it took for the ball to roll down the entire length of the ramp was equal to double the amount of time it took for the same ball to only roll a quarter of the distance. This behavior is the same as that of an object in free fall or an object sliding without friction instead of rolling down an inclined plane. It can also be used in rotational dynamics for a discussion on rotational dynamics click here to show and calculate moment of inertia angular velocity angular acceleration and angular.
For many years the effects of mass on objects rolling down an inclined plane have been studied and well known. A ball rolling down an inclined plane each second picks up the same amount of speed each second galileo discovered that when air resistance can be neglected all objects fall with the same. Using a water clock galileo measured the time it took for the ball to roll a known distance down the inclined plane. A bowling ball and billiard ball race ends in a tie for example.