E105 interpretation

E105 conclusion

we had an experiment involving the term ‘friction’. Friction has something to do with the
opposing force on an object. Defining friction in Physics, it is a force that is between
surfaces that opposes sliding motion. If there is relative sliding at the surface, the friction
force always acts in the opposite direction of its motion.
The objectives for the experiment is simple. It is to determine the coefficient of
friction (μ) between contact surfaces as one body moves with uniform motion and to
establish the relationship between the angle of repose () and μ.
The percentage errors were basically made by human errors on the experiment.
Based upon the different factors, such as the time of fall of the weight to the string
attached, is the unresponsive and unstableness of the table. Which is one factor that the
moment the wooden block moves in the horizontal platform, it theoretically means that
the cart is not stable and hence, finding a proper location is a must.
We have come up to an idea that during the experiment, as we conduct part A
and part B, an observation has made and that we are enlightened that the values and
the formula presented have resemblance to each other. When the surfaces slide relative
to one another, the friction force is proportional to the normal force and is independent
of both the contact area and the speed of sliding. In simple words, it is just getting the
coefficient of friction (μ). But in the part wherein the surface is inclined to a certain
amount of height, the μ is just the tangent of the angle of repose or angle of inclination.
E106 interpretatio

The first part of the experiment is about the determination of the centripetal
force (with constant mass of rotating body and variable radius of rotation). The
actual value of the centripetal force is known to compare with the result of the
experiment. Based on the experiment, the centripetal forces are almost the same
having in mind that the radius of rotation is changing. This is so happened because
as the radius of rotation changes the period of rotation also changes as well as the
frequency of rotation. Meaning, the frequency is dependent on the radius. The
variable radius will not affect the centripetal force because there is another
parameter that is also changing. The product of the changing variables will be the
same for every change given to one variable since they are dependent to each other
and therefore will not affect the centripetal force. With one parameter held constant
which is the mass of the rotating body, the variable radius will not have any effect on
the centripetal force.

The second part is also about the determination of the centripetal force (in
this time, with constant radius of rotation and variable mass of rotating body). Based
on the experiment, the centripetal forces are still almost the same taking note that
the mass of rotating body is changing. Also, frequency will be dependent on the
change happening on the mass of rotating body. Their product will also be the same
for any change since one is dependent to the other one. Therefore, the variable mass
of rotating body will not affect the value of centripetal force.

The last part is about the determination of the mass of rotating body (with
constant radius of rotation and variable centripetal force). Based on the experiment,
the experimental values of the mass of rotating body is almost the same with the
actual mass of rotating body having in mind that the centripetal forces vary. Also, as
the centripetal forces vary, the frequency also varies and will cancel out the effect of
varying the force. Therefore, it will not affect the value of the mass of the rotating
body.

Conclusion

The experiment is entitled as Uniform Circular Motion. From the words itself, it has
something to do with motion again but this time in a different path in which the word
circular is being referred to. Uniform circular motion describes the motion of a body
traversing a circular path at constant speed.
The uniform circular motion laboratory experiment made us quantify the centripetal force
on the body when one of the parameters is held constant. In the first part, when the mass
of rotating body is constant and the radius of rotation increases, the centripetal force
would also increase. Likewise in the second part, when the radius of rotation is constant
and the mass of rotating body is decreasing, the centripetal force will increase.

As the result, we therefore have a conclusion from the experiment that a certain object
travelling in a circle path would have a constant speed but not velocity. This changing
velocity denotes the presence of acceleration. The acceleration is called the centripetal
acceleration which of constant magnitude and is directed at all times towards the axis of
rotation. In simple words, the foundation of concept behind the Uniform Circular Motion.