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Uniform Circular Motion: Centripetal Force

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Experiment No. 1

Experiment No. 11

Uniform Circular Motion: Centripetal Force[pic 2]

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SCORE

Villapa, Arvin C.

(SURNAME, GIVEN NAME, M.I.)

  BSITWMA – 1                                                PHYS101L – W01                [pic 4]

        (COURSE AND YEAR)                                           (SUBJECT CODE AND SECTION)[pic 5][pic 6]

             20121137                                                        April 1, 2013                

            (STUDENT NO.)                                               (DATE OF PERFORMANCE)[pic 7][pic 8]

4                                                        April 8, 2013                [pic 9]

              (GROUP NO.)                                                 (DATE OF SUBMISSION)[pic 10]

SUBMITTED TO:

Ms. MARIA CRISELLA PELAEZ, MSCE

Instructor

  1. OBJECTIVES

  1. To determine the relationship of centripetal force and the frequency, radius, and mass of a rotating object.
  1. MATERIALS

QUANTITY

ITEM

3

Rubber Stopper

1

Paper Clip

1

Meter Stick

3

Weights (one 20-g and two 50-g)

1

Hollow Cylinder with Smooth Ends

1

1.0-m long string

1

Stopwatch

1

Balance beam

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  1. SET-UP/DIAGRAMS/ILLUSTRATIONS

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  1. DATA AND RESULTS

Table 1

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 3

No. of weights

2

3

4

Massweight, mweights

Kg

.015

.035

.085

Time, t

S

6.00

5.92

5.81

Frequency, f

Hz

1.67

1.69

1.72

Frequency squared, f2

Hz2

2.79

2.86

2.96

Theoretical centripetal force, Fc theoretical

N

.147

.343

.833

Experimental centripetal force, Fcexperimental

N

.826

1.976

4.966

% error

%

82.20

82.64

83.23

Table 2

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 3

Radius, r

M

.15

.30

.45

Time, t

S

4.94

5.51

5.90

Frequency, f

Hz

2.02

1.81

1.69

Frequency squared, f2

Hz2

4.08

3.28

2.86

Theoretical centripetal force, Fc theoretical

N

0.539

Experimental centripetal force, Fcexperimental

N

1.33

2.14

2.79

Average experimental centripetal force

N

2.09

% error

%

74.21

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