Finding the Acceleration of a Ball Problem Statement: How does the height of a ramp that is comprised of two parallel rulers affect the speed of a steel ball bearing rolling down it? Hypothesis: If the steepness of the ramp based on the amount of books propping it up are increased‚ then the steel ball bearings’ speed will increase. Materials: 2 wooden meter sticks 1 steel ball bearing 5 workbooks A roll of masking tape A stopwatch A smooth‚ long surface (preferably a table) Procedures: Arrange
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experiment‚ I will be trying to find out how the height of the ramp affects the speed of the car. Variables Independent Variable The independent variable is the height of the ramp Dependant Variable The dependant variable is the time it takes for the car to travel down the ramp‚ with that I will calculate the speed. Control Variable The control variables are the same person timing and releasing the car‚ same type of car‚ same ramp‚ same starting position and so on. Plan Equipments In
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between mass and acceleration Stage 1 - Planning Title: Investigating acceleration – How does changing the mass of an object change its acceleration? Introduction: As the speed of moving object and rate‚ the forces acting on the object‚ the mass of the object‚ and gravitational force of it might affect the acceleration‚ I will investigate about the mass of the object. Aim: I will try to answer the question “How does changing the mass of an object change its acceleration?” which is to find
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DESCRIPTION The Centripetal Acceleration lab consists of using a pendulum bob swinging continuously. This will help see the F_max(tension) and F_(mean )(weight of the pendulum)‚ net force (N) and v_mean(velocity). RESULTS When starting the lab the first thing to do is to measure the cylinder properties (the bob) in table one. The measurements were: diameter (D) is .0815m‚ height (H) is .025 m‚ mass is .06591 kg‚ and the 〖Weight〗_theory W is .645918 Mg‚N. Second thing to do is to launch from
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The point where the centripetal acceleration is provided completely by gravity is when the centripetal acceleration is equal to the gravity. This happens at the point where h=r/2. As the truck moves from point A to point B‚ it would have decreased in height by r. Applying this again to our equation‚ we get; Hence‚ Using this in our g-force equation‚ we get; And so the rider experiences an additional 2g of centripetal force from that experienced at the top. Later‚ as the tuck moves to point
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-springRobust control applied to a cart-spring pendulum system with uncertainty Dan Dai Advisor: Professor Roy Smith University of California‚ Santa Barbara II. ROBUST C ONTROL STATEMENT The objective of this project is to design a controller that meets the specified robust performance criteria. When the cart-spring pendulum system is considered‚ these criteria reflects on robustness to outside disturbance and plant uncertainty. To get this controller‚ it is necessary to set up this problem in a
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Scientific question: How does the incline of a slope influence the acceleration of a cart when it travels down a wooden plank? Introduction: What is an incline plane? Commonly referred to as a ramp or a slope‚ an incline plane is an even surface that is titled at an angle. An object placed on the tilted surface will often slide down the surface‚ accelerating because of an unbalanced force. The rate at which an object travels down the slope is dependent upon how tilted the slope is; the greater
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Acceleration of Gravity Using Smart Timers: To calculate the acceleration of gravity using the Smart Timers Steven Ge AP Physics B1‚ Per. 7‚ JSerra Catholic High School Advisor: Mr. Darling‚ Dana. Sep 11‚ 2014 Abstract The purpose of this lab is to calculate the acceleration of gravity using the Smart Timers. Drops of ball of equal size and start drops at one hundred centimeter height‚ the amount of time was counted used the Smart Timers. Repeat the same procedure
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in Lesson 1 is acceleration. An often confused quantity‚ acceleration has a meaning much different than the meaning associated with it by sports announcers and other individuals. The definition of acceleration is: Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity. Sports announcers will occasionally say that a person is accelerating if he/she is moving fast. Yet acceleration has nothing to
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ACCELERATION: Good afternoon everyone! Our group will discuss about acceleration. But before that‚ what is acceleration? Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity. People will occasionally say that a person is accelerating if he/she is moving fast. Yet acceleration has nothing to do with going fast. A person can be moving very fast and still not be accelerating. Acceleration
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