Angular Momentum Chair
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Description:
Beware of flying bodies from the chair!
| 1. Adjust the level of chair 2. Have a student sit on rotating chair 3. Give the person two masses, one in each hand 4. Gently rotate the chair 5. Observe the affects of moving the weights towards the center and then apart 6. Have the student hold a spinning bicycle wheel with his/her arms extended 7. Observe the direction of precession as the rotating wheel is flipped IMPORTANT: Steady the student when they get off the chair. They might be very dizzy. |
Historic Diagram:
Video:
source: https://play.library.utoronto.ca/d16e062fd7386bc9245e3804cb0d3fbe
Apparatus
Bicycle Wheel (heavy)
Rotating Chair
12pm PHY131 MP125C