Atwood machine and pulley systems
Two masses over a pulley, optionally with a massive pulley and a table-and-hanging-mass variant. Verify a = (m₂ − m₁)g/(m₁ + m₂), tension, and see how pulley inertia and friction change results.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 4. Laws of Motion |
| NCERT section | 4.5, 4.11 |
| Level | NEET level |
| Time | about 12 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: Newton's laws · Atwood · pulley · tension · free body diagram