Motion On An Incline With Friction Lab Report
Objective:
Motion on an Incline with Friction
The purpose of this experiment is to prove that the experimental acceleration value calculated is close to the theoretical acceleration values by finding the tension force, normal force, kinetic friction and the coefficient of kinetic force from the data collected.
Theory:
The forces acted on an object can be divided up into many different components depending on what the object is doing. In this experiment, an object is sliding up an incline plane resulting in four forces. The parallel components would be kinetic friction because the object is moving and tension force coming from the string pulling the object. The perpendicular components would be normal force because the object is sitting on the incline plane and the weight of the object. To better understand these components and their relationship to one another, the acceleration of the object is measured using the velocity and the displacement of the object at different angles of inclination. This acceleration should help in giving the values needed to be …show more content…
The incline plane was then adjusted to 5o by determining at what height the incline plane needed to be at using the sin(5o) and the known length of the incline plane. The sled was then set up on the incline plane using a pulley and some string. At the other end of the string a slotted weight hanger was attached. Weights were then added to both the sled and the weight hanger to ensure that the sled moved up the incline at a good speed. After the apparatus was set up, the photogate was attached to the inline place and connected to the computer. Next the LabPro was set up and connected to the computer and to the photogate. Once everything was set up, the software logger pro was used to collect data by measuring the time at which it took the object to go up the incline. This data collection was then repeated at different inclination
Motion on an Incline with Friction
The purpose of this experiment is to prove that the experimental acceleration value calculated is close to the theoretical acceleration values by finding the tension force, normal force, kinetic friction and the coefficient of kinetic force from the data collected.
Theory:
The forces acted on an object can be divided up into many different components depending on what the object is doing. In this experiment, an object is sliding up an incline plane resulting in four forces. The parallel components would be kinetic friction because the object is moving and tension force coming from the string pulling the object. The perpendicular components would be normal force because the object is sitting on the incline plane and the weight of the object. To better understand these components and their relationship to one another, the acceleration of the object is measured using the velocity and the displacement of the object at different angles of inclination. This acceleration should help in giving the values needed to be …show more content…
The incline plane was then adjusted to 5o by determining at what height the incline plane needed to be at using the sin(5o) and the known length of the incline plane. The sled was then set up on the incline plane using a pulley and some string. At the other end of the string a slotted weight hanger was attached. Weights were then added to both the sled and the weight hanger to ensure that the sled moved up the incline at a good speed. After the apparatus was set up, the photogate was attached to the inline place and connected to the computer. Next the LabPro was set up and connected to the computer and to the photogate. Once everything was set up, the software logger pro was used to collect data by measuring the time at which it took the object to go up the incline. This data collection was then repeated at different inclination