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Atwood's Machine with Rotational Inertia

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This Demonstration shows an Atwood's machine that includes the factors affecting rotational inertia of the pulley, mass and radius. In addition, you can vary the hanging masses, height, and acceleration of gravity.

Contributed by: Aaron King, Eric Becker, Klaas Monster, and Aaron Noble (March 2011)
Based on a program by: Enrique Zeleny
Suggested by: Aaron Noble
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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