Oscillations and Waves > Oscillations > Coupled
Oscillators
DCS# 3A70.5x
MAGNETICALLY
COUPLED ROTORS - QUANTITATIVE VERSION
APPARATUS
two rotary motion sensors with
flywheels
202-13-E2
screw-mounted magnets
202-13-E3
laptop with LabPro interface
107-02-B3
DESCRIPTION
Start one magnet +
sensor spinning, with the other at rest. Magnet 2 will start to
oscillate and the velocity of magnet 1 will decrease until the angular
velocities of the two magnets are the same and they exchange velocities.
