Video: Watch this demo | Demo #2
Description: This shows how energy transfers between vertical and torsional modes.
Equipment:
- Wilberforce apparatus
Setup Procedure:
- Set up a ladder under a ceiling rail with an assistant to hold it stead
- Secure the clamp to the rail and carefully lower the weighted end
- Move the ladder out of the way and adjust the weighted end until it is motionless
Demonstration Procedure:
- Carefully pull down the weighted end about 1 ft. then release
- Note how the frequency of the translational oscillation and torsional oscillation are the same
Note: Highlighting how the torsional motion reverses at the same time the oscillation reaches a crest is a good way to demonstrate the phenomena here.
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