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    LabReport12:

    SimpleHarmonicMotion,
    MassonaSpring
    04/20/12

    JamesAllison
    section20362

    Group5
    JamesAllison,ClintRowe,
    &WilliamCochran

    Objective:
    ForourfinallabofassociatedwithphysicsI,wewilldissectthemotionsofamassona
    spring.Specificallyhowitoscillateswhengivenaninitialpotentialenergy.Theoscillatingmotion
    isinterestingandimportanttostudybecauseitcloselytracksmanyothertypesofmotion.
    Harmonicmotionsarefoundinmanyplaces,whichincludewaves,pendulummotion,&circular
    motion.Wewillstudyhowamassmovesandwhatpropertiesofspringgivethemassa
    predictablemovement.Itwillbeinterestingtounderstandwhatgivesthemasstheoscillating
    property.Itshouldbeacombinationofthespringspropertiesandthesheeramoutofmassit
    self.
    Wewillberecordingbasicinformation.Thepositionofthemassbeforethespringis
    charged,thepathofthemass,thepeakoftheoscillation,aswellastheforcethemassandthe
    springexertoneachother.Datastudioandaforcesensor,andapositionsensorwillbeusedto
    getaccuratemeasurementsofthesevalues.

    Discussion:
    Whenaspringishangingverticallywithnomassattachedithasagivenlength.This
    valuecouldbedenotedas L .Whenamassisaddedtothespringittakesthelengthof L + L .
    Thenwhenthespringischargedwithadditionalpotentialenergy,byincreasingthelengthto
    L + L + Ladditionalforce where Ladditinalforce canalsobedefinedas x thespringwillexertwhats
    calledarestoringforcewhichisdefinedas F restore = kx. where k isaspringconstant.Every
    springhasaspringconstant,thisistheamountofresistancethataparticularspringexertsto
    retainitsoriginalshape.Thereasonwhy k hasanegativevalueistoshowthattheforce
    exertedbythespringisintheoppositedirectionof x .Thisrestoringforceiswhatcausesthe
    masstheoscillate.Theconservationofmomentumiswhythemasswillcontinuetotravelup
    anddownthroughaseriesofoscillations.
    Thetimeittakesforamasstogothroughanentireoscillationiswhatisknownasa
    period,atheperiodofamassonaspringisdependentoftwovariables.Thevalueofmass,
    andthethespringconstant.Thisperiodisdefinedas T where, T = 2 mk .

    Itisimportanttomaketheadditionalnotethatinitialenergythatisinitiallygiventothe
    springfromthechangeisposition,intheformofpotentialenergy,wouldbeperfecting
    conservediffrictionplayednorole&thespringwasconsideredperfectlyelastic.Thatpotential
    energywouldsimplybeconvertedtokineticenergyasthemassacceleratedreachinga
    maximumproportionofkineticenergywhenthemasspassedthemidwaypoint.Whichwould
    beturnedbackintokineticenergyasthemassmovedtotheoppositeextreme.
    Forourparticularstudywesetupaforcesensorwhichwouldmeasureapullingforcein
    theearthwarddirection.Thissensorwascalibratedat2point,azeromassandwithaknown
    mass.Thenaspringwashungfromthesensoranditwastorntoazeropoint.Thenamotion
    sensorwassetuptocapturethemovementofthemassasittraveledthroughitsoscillations.
    Thissensorwassettoafrequencyof 5hz .Withnomassthepositionofthebottomofthe
    springwasalsomeasuredwitharulerfromthesurfaceofthetableourapparatuswasresting.

    Westartedwithamassof .025kg ,andthenproceededtoaddmassinunitsof .01kg ,


    untilafinalmassof .075kg wasreached.Thedisplacement, x ,wastakendowneachtimeand
    theforcerecordedbydatastudiowasalsorecorded.OurcompletedataisshowninTable1.0

    onthenextpage.

    Table1.0
    Equilibrium
    Position

    Mass

    Position

    Displacement

    Force

    0.5269m

    0kg

    0.5269m

    0m

    0N

    .025kg

    0.4875m

    0.0384m

    0.1962N

    .035kg

    0.4585m

    0.0684m

    0.3354N

    .045kg

    0.4318m

    0.0951m

    0.3730N

    .055kg

    0.4035m

    0.1234m

    0.4558N

    .065kg

    0.3750m

    0.1519m

    0.5348N

    .075kg

    0.3480m

    0.1789m

    0.6251N

    Wethenmovedintothesecondportionofourlab,whichwastoanalyzethepathofthe
    massasitwasgivenaninitialcharge.Wepulledthemassdownandreleasedittoletit
    oscillate.Werecordedtheseoscillationswithdatastudioforabout10seconds.
    Afterthisdatawascollectedwestudiedtodeterminethelengthoftheperiodofeach
    oscillation.Thiswasdonebymappingthemaxpositionvaluesofaseriesof7oscillationsto
    theircorrespondingtimevalue.Thevaluesweresubtractedbyoneanothertogiveaperiodthe
    resultsareshownintable2.1.
    Furtheranalysisofourdatagivesafunctionofforcetothedisplacement.Thisisshown
    belowinGraph1belowisforallthemasses.

    Graph1

    Conclusion:

    Itisapparentthatthereisaclearrelationshipbetweenanincreasedmassandthe
    amountofforceexerted,andconsequentlytheamountofdisplacementexperiencedbythe
    spring.Alsoitwasprovedtobeaccuratethattherelationshipbetweentheperiod,mass,and
    thespringconstantwereinfact T = 2 mk .Thiswasprovedexperimentallywithincredible

    accuracy.Weachievedpercenterrorofonly 0.622% .Thiswasthemostaccurateexperiment


    allsemester.Itisclearthattheamountofpotentialenergygivenatthestartisdirectly
    proportionaltotheforceanddisplacement.Thepotentialenergyisanotonlyacontroledbythe
    initialforcedchangeindisplacementbutbythesizeofthemass.Thiswasshownclearlyinour
    data.

    Work:
    ForQuestion1:
    m = .055kg
    k = 3.36 kg
    s2

    T = 2 mk = 2

    ForQuestion2:
    T theoretical = 0.803s
    T measured = 0.798s

    0.055kg
    3.36 kg
    s2

    = 20.0163s2 = 2(0.128s) = 0.256s = 0.803s


    %Error = (

    T measuredT theoretical
    )100%
    T theoretical

    = ( 0.798s0.803s
    )100% =
    0.803s

    ( 0.005s
    0.803s )100% = ( 0.00622)100% = 0.622%

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