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This document describes an experiment on simple harmonic motion using springs and balls of different weights. It outlines the goals, materials, procedures, findings including spring constant, frequency, period, displacement and energy calculations, and conclusions that the frequency and cycles increase with mass while speed decreases.

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Oscillation

This document describes an experiment on simple harmonic motion using springs and balls of different weights. It outlines the goals, materials, procedures, findings including spring constant, frequency, period, displacement and energy calculations, and conclusions that the frequency and cycles increase with mass while speed decreases.

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Physics 123/112L

Oscillation
RHAINIER D. CARIL
BSCE 1 A

Simple Harmonic Motion


Experiment
Goals:
 To determine experimentally whether the given spring can calculate the
following;
1. Spring constant (k) and mass (m)
2. Amplitude (A)
3. Period (T)
4. Frequency (f)
5. Displacement from the equilibrium position(-x/y)
6. Speed(v)
7. Acceleration (a)
8. Force(F)
9. Elastic Potential and Kinetic Energy (EPE & EKE)
 To compare if there’s a difference between different weight of the ball when
attached to the spring.
Materials needed:
a. Toy Spring
b. Two different weight of balls (any kind of ball)
c. Tape
d. Stopwatch or timer
e. Ruler or any measuring equipment
Procedures:
1. Prepare the following materials.
2. Weight the two balls and attach the ball to the end of the spring
with tape. (Ball 1 is less weight than Ball 2).
3. Then hung the spring in any area, vertically.
4. Measure the displacement from the equilibrium position and the
amplitude of the spring, manually.
5. Ready the stopwatch to count the number of frequency ( the
bouncy movement of the spring) per time or period
6. Release the spring and record the number of frequency per time or
period of each different weight of balls.
7. You can’t stop the counting of frequency and the period when the
spring is totally stop by bouncing.

Physics 123/112L
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Physics 123/112L
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Findings:
Spring Amplitude (A):
Ball 1 Ball 2
Mass (m) 0.0147kg 0.029kg
Distance from the 0.47 m 0.64 m
base (d)
Spring constant (k) 0.005 Nm 0.00009 Nm
Frequency (f) 0.51 Hz 0.5 Hz
Period (T) 1.9608 s 2s
Displacement from 0.23 m 0.32 m
the equilibrium
position (x/y)
Speed (v) 0.13 m/s 0.06 m/s
Acceleration (a) 0.0782 m/s
Elastic Potential 0.0001 J 0.00004 J
Energy (EPE)
Elastic Kinetic Energy 0.0001 J 0.00005 J
(EKE)
Total Energy (TE) 0.0002 J 0.00009 J
Observations The smaller the mass The larger the mass
the shorter its the more it will cycle
frequency and cycle. and the higher its
But the faster its frequency. But the
speed. slower its speed.

Conclusion:
In concept of the experiment, what did you found out while doing the
experiment?
Because the ball cycles more and has a higher frequency the more
mass it has, the experiment is regarded to be more interesting. Because
of ball 2's mass, the spring had to stretch more, giving ball 2 more cycles
than ball 1. Because ball 1 was lighter than ball 2, it was easier to draw
the ball's mass with the spring, which allowed it to move a little faster.

Documentation:

Physics 123/112L
Oscillation

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