Using the "wheel" as an exercise in rotational motion

Physics Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 454-456

  Perry, Helene F ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85006312574     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2344524     Document Type: Article

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4. Whenever the show goes "on the road" and the Wheel is moved, the deceleration does change somewhat. In anyone location, however, the deceleration is fairly constant, within the limits of error of this method of measurement. Data used in this article were taken from shows aired locally in March 1995.
5. R. Eisbrouch, Set Decorator, "Wheel of Fortune," private communication (1994).
6. This seems reasonable it would be consistent with the weight of an aluminum disk 2 m in diameter and 3.5 cm thick.
7. B. Hawkins and R.S. Jones, Classical Mechanics Simulations: The Consortium for Upper Level Physics Software (Wiley, New York, 1995), p. 23ff.