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Operating instructions
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The torsion pendulum may be used to investigate free,
forced and chaotic oscillations with various degrees of
damping.
Experiment topics:
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Free rotary oscillations at various degrees of damp-
ing (oscillations with light damping, aperiodic os-
cillation and aperiodic limit)
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Forced rotary oscillations and their resonance
curves at various degrees of damping
•
Phase displacement between the exciter and reso-
nator during resonance
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Chaotic rotary oscillations
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Static determination of the direction variable D
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Dynamic determination of the moment of inertia J
1. Safety instructions
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When removing the torsional pendulum from the
packaging do not touch the scale ring. This could
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lead to damage. Always remove using the handles
provided in the internal packaging.
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When carrying the torsional pendulum always hold
it by the base plate.
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Never exceed the maximum permissible supply
voltage for the exciter motor (24 V DC).
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Do not subject the torsional pendulum to any un-
necessary mechanical stress.
2. Description, technical data
The Professor Pohl torsional pendulum consists of a
wooden base plate with an oscillating system and an
electric motor mounted on top. The oscillating system
is a ball-bearing mounted copper wheel (5), which is
connected to the exciter rod via a coil spring (6) that
provides the restoring torque. A DC motor with coarse
and fine speed adjustment is used to excite the tor-
sional pendulum. Excitement is brought about via an
eccentric wheel (14) with connecting rod (13) which
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Exciter motor
2
Control knob for fine adjustment of the exciter voltage
3
Control knob for coarse adjustment of the exciter voltage
4
Scale ring
5
Pendulum body
6
Coil spring
7
Pointer for the exciter phase angle
8
Pointer for the pendulum’s phase angle
9
Pointer for the pendulum’s deflection
bl
Exciter
bm
Eddy current brake
bn
Guide slot and screw to set the exciter amplitude
bo
Connecting rod
bp
Eccentric drive wheel
bq
4-mm safety socket for exciter voltage measurement
br
4-mm safety sockets for the exciter motor power supply
bs
4-mm safety sockets for the eddy current brake power
supply
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bp
bo
bn
bm
bl
bs
br
bq
