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Simple Harmonic Motion (Method & Data)

This experiment measured the period of a pendulum with varying string lengths to determine the value of gravity using simple harmonic motion. The pendulum was oscillated and the time for 10 oscillations was recorded for string lengths from 0.2m to 1m. The period for a single oscillation was calculated from these times. A graph of period squared versus string length was made and the slope of the line gave the value of gravity as 9.58 ms-2 with a 1.93% uncertainty.

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Simple Harmonic Motion (Method & Data)

This experiment measured the period of a pendulum with varying string lengths to determine the value of gravity using simple harmonic motion. The pendulum was oscillated and the time for 10 oscillations was recorded for string lengths from 0.2m to 1m. The period for a single oscillation was calculated from these times. A graph of period squared versus string length was made and the slope of the line gave the value of gravity as 9.58 ms-2 with a 1.93% uncertainty.

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PHY 094

SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION

GROUP MEMBERS:

1. MUHAMMAD ALIF NAQIUDDIN BIN MOHD ADZHA 2019438444

2. FIRDANISH RAFIQUE BIN MOHD HAMID 2019224192

3. NURAFIQAH FARHANI BT RAMZYZAN 2019432976

4. NORISH BINTI MOHAMAD AZHAR 2019261076

DATE PERFORMED: 4TH SEPTEMBER 2019

LECTURER: SITI IRMA YUANA BT MOHD SAAID

GROUP: PI009E28
Methodology

The apparatus is set up by using a retort stand and clamp, a string, a bob, and hanger. Measure
1.25m of string and it was tied onto the retort clamp and the bob was tied to the other end of the
string (Make sure the length of the string between the clamp and bob is 1m.). A protractor was
used to measure a 10 ° tilt from normal for the string. Then, the string was released, and the total
time taken for 10 complete oscillations of the pendulum was recorded.

The same procedures were repeated for measurements of strings (0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2)m. All the
recording was recorded into a table. Then, the whole experiment was repeated one more time to
give more accurate readings by averaging the times together. Finally, the period of a single
oscillation was determined from the average time.
Result & Analysis

T(s)
L(m) (for 10 oscillations) TAV (s) T(s) T2(s2)
(for 10 oscillations) (for 1 oscillations) (for 1 oscillations)
Reading 1 Reading 2
** Expression is
0.2 9.60 8.93 0.927 0.860
faulty **

** Expression is
0.4 13.00 13.57 1.329 1.770
faulty **

** Expression is
0.6 15.98 15.66 1.582 2.500
faulty **

** Expression is
0.8 18.42 17.94 1.818 3.310
faulty **

** Expression is
1.0 20.61 20.00 2.031 4.130
faulty **
Analysis

In this experiment, we calculated the value of gravity by using a method which is by calculating
the gradient of the graph, period of one oscillation (T2) vs. length of string (m). The details is as
follows:

0.2+0.4+ 0.6+0.8+1.0
x́= =0.6
5

4.130+ 3.310+2.500+1.770+0.860
ý= =2.514
5

Centroid: ( 0.6,2 .514 )

4.12−0.00
m=
1.0−0 .0
=4.1 2 T 2=4 π 2 ( Lg )
4.00−0.30 y=mx+c
m 1= =3.70 ms−2
1.0−0
4π2 ( )
m 2=
3.60−0.10
0.86−0
=4.07 ms−2
T 2= ( )g
L

4 π2
m=
g
Possible Error:
4 π2
4.12=
g
( 3.70 0−4.07 0 ) ms−2
Δm=± [ 2 ] g=9.58 ms−2

¿ ± 0.185 ms−2

Fractional Uncertainty:

0.185
×100 %=1.93 %
9.58

∴ g=(9.58 ±0.185)ms−2

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