Engineering Physics

Viva Questions

Cycle I
a) Torsional Pendulum

1) Define moment of inertia I.

2) Write down the general equation for I and explain its importance.
3) What are units of I in CGS and MKS units?
4) Define toque and mention its units in CGS system.
5) Define time period.
6) Define torsion in a wire and mention its units.
7) State Hooke’s law.
8) Define torsion constant. Give its units.
9) On what factors does torsion constant depend?
10) Define elasticity.
11) Define various types of stress. Mention units.
12) Define various types of strain. Mention units
13) Define various types of modulii of elasticity and mention units.
14) Which is more elastic steel or rubber?
15) Two wires made up of the same material one is thick the other one is thin.
Which wire has greater rigidity modulus, explain?
16) What are the main differences between simple pendulum and Torsional pendulum?
17) Why should we give small amplitude Torsional oscillations in a Torsional pendulum
experiment ?
18) Why should we take as many trials as possible for each length in a Torsional
pendulum ?
19) What is the shape of L – T2 graph in a Torsional pendulum experiment ?
20) What is the shape of L – T graph in a Torsional pendulum experiment ?
21)Mention few applications of Torsion and Torsional pendulum …