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Hi again we have now obtained results and are unsure as to why we get the results we do. As the velocity of the disc increases the torque is increased at an exponential rate as define by the excel equation which is where we no longer understand why this is happening.

This is exactly what is happening. And as we found out the block moves in the green arrows direction a certain amount and with the force sensor we were measuring how much force was required to push it back into a perpendicular position with the bench that it originally came from before turning...

Considering we have all the center of mass of everything, the disc when spun should sit in this axis until acted upon by another force. Which is the blue arrow we have drawn. So the force required to shift the disc and block in the green arrows drawn above. If this is how the theory works and is...

This is essentially what is going on yes, and we want to get an equation so we can calculate the force that is exerted of the brown F. Or the force required

The force sensor is attached to the rod, the blue arrow starts from the force sensor Just to clear it up the red arrow does not begin to rotate until a force is applied to the blue arrow by pulling it towards us (direction of the arrow) and then the blue arrow and green arrow move together in...

https://i.imgur.com/8maHUhN.jpg I tried to label the diagram, as best I could with different colours representing a different planes of rotation. With green being the "pendulum", yellow being the rotation of the disc and red being the rotation of the block. Then with the blue arrow that is...

< Mentor Note -- thread moved to HH from the technical physics forums, so no HH Template is shown >[/color] Hey, So I am not sure if this is in the right section but feel free to move it. We are conducting an experiment at school at the moment and are having difficulty understanding all the...