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Projectile Lab Report

This document is a lab report on a projectile motion experiment. The objective was to use two-dimensional kinematics to predict where a ball would land after being launched at various angles. Materials used included a projectile launcher, metal ball, measuring tape. Experimental data was collected by launching the ball at angles from 30 to 60 degrees. Results analysis using kinematic equations showed that the ball traveled farthest between 45-55 degrees. However, errors in the experiment mean the results may not be fully accurate in identifying the single farthest angle.

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Projectile Lab Report

This document is a lab report on a projectile motion experiment. The objective was to use two-dimensional kinematics to predict where a ball would land after being launched at various angles. Materials used included a projectile launcher, metal ball, measuring tape. Experimental data was collected by launching the ball at angles from 30 to 60 degrees. Results analysis using kinematic equations showed that the ball traveled farthest between 45-55 degrees. However, errors in the experiment mean the results may not be fully accurate in identifying the single farthest angle.

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GENERAL PHYSICS

Projectile
Motion
Lab
Report
Shaynisa Siriwongsilp (Boya)
Ronnakit Taninpaisal (Series)
Boontakan Cherngwiwatkij (Kan)
Burin Intachuen (Burin)
1108

Dr. Sreenivasalu Tadakaluru


Table of Contents

1. Introduction and objective

2. Materials and procedure

3. Experimental data

4. Results analysis

5. Conclusion

6. Error and rcommendations


Objective
Apply concepts from two-dimensional kinematics to predict to predict the
impact point of a ball in projectile motion.

Introduction
You have probably watched a ball roll off a table and strike the floor. What
determines where it will land? Could you predict where it will land? This
project studies about a motion of projectile. Projectile is a motion of an
object that is shot in the air. The only force that is acted upon the object is the
gravitational field of the Earth as the object moves along a curved path.
Galileo Galilei was the first person to discover this projectile motion. In this
experiment, we will use a projectile launcher to fire a ball horizontally and
different angles. We will use this information and our knowledge of physics
to predict where the ball will land when it hits the floor.
Material
Projectile Launcher with inbuilt angle adjustment
Metal Ball
Metal Ball Stopper
Air Pump
Carbon Tape
Measuring Tape
Safety Goggles

Procedure
1. Lay out carbon tape on the area they will launch their metal ball
2. Adjust the Projectile Launcher by making the 0 degree being aligned with
the table horizontally.When the Launcher is perfectly aligned, the
launcher is then ready to be adjusted to the angle that we want to
conduct our experiment
3. When the angle is adjusted, the metal ball is loaded and air is pumped to
70psi and launched
4. The same procedure is repeated with every angle required which are 30°,
35°,40°,45°,50°,55°, and 60°
Experimental Data
Results Analysis
With the equation R=u2 sin2θ/g and H=u2sin2θ/2g, we can calculate the
range the ball travelled and the highest point it reached which is shown in
the graph below:
Conclusion
By doing this lab activity, not only that we were able to understand and gain
more knowledge about projectile but also visualize a real-life situation of
the motion. From the experiment results, it can be concluded that the
distance of the metal ball travel the farthest in around the angles of 45°to
55°. However, due to our error, we were not able to identify the only angle
that shoots the farthest.

Error and
Recommendations
Our major error was that when our group was experimenting on the angles of
50°and 55°, the 0°degree of the launcher was not aligned properly with the
desk surface. This causes our results to be slightly inaccurate. Thus, we are
not confirmed that the results are correct. Our suggestion is that next time
we need to be more careful and cautious because a small problem like this
could lead to a bigger change and mistake in results.

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