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Volume 29, Issue 9
1 September 1957
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Aircraft Engineering
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Review Article| September 01 1957

Measurement of the Moment of Inertia of Missile‐type Bodies: A Modified Bifilar Torsion Pendulum Formula Available to Purchase

A.B. Schwartz;
A.B. Schwartz
Project Weight Engineer, Initial Projects Office, Avro Aircraft Ltd.
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S. Malick;
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Project Weight Estimator, Initial Projects Office, Avro Aircraft Ltd.
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J.R. Friesen
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Project Weight Estimator, Initial Projects Office, Avro Aircraft Ltd.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2059-9366
Print ISSN: 0002-2667
© MCB UP Limited
1957
Aircraft Engineering (1957) 29 (9): 271–274.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032869

THE experimental determination of the moment of inertia of a body is frequently required to confirm a calculated value or to eliminate the tedious work involved in the calculation. This is normally done by integrating the body into a vibrating system, such as a pendulum.

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