Constants A certain alarm clock ticks four times each second, with each tick representing half a...
The 500-mg balance wheel of a certain clock is made up of a thin
metal ring of radius 16 mm connected by spokes of negligible mass
to a fine suspension fiber as in (Figure 1) . The back-and-forth
twisting of the fiber causes the wheel to move in simple harmonic
motion with period T. The clock ticks four times each second, with
the interval between ticks equal to T/2.
Part A
Determine the rotational inertia I of the balance
wheel....