Simple Harmonic Motion Experiment

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2012 PHYSICS 061 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, GUIDELINES & SKILLS School of Engineering and Science Department of Science and Foundation Semester 1 Unit Code: 313226 Name: Student ID: Group: Compiled by: Lai Zhenyue March 2012 PHYSICS 061 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, 2012 GUIDELINES & SKILLS Laboratory Manual Table of Contents Section A: Introduction A1. Introduction to the Labs……………………………………………………….... 3 A2. Laboratory Rules…………………………………………………………………… 5 A3. Operations…………………………………………………………………………… 6 A4. Electrical Safety……………………………………………………………………. 7 A5. Laboratory Schedule & Workflow……………………………………………… 8 A6. Laboratory Grouping……………………………………………………………… 9 Section B: Lab Skills – Recording & Analysis B1. Experimental Uncertainty, Error & Data Analysis...……………………….11 B2. Recording of Data………………………………………...……………………….23 B3. Guidelines to referencing………………………………………………………..24 Section C: Experiments C1. Experiment 1 – Motion in one dimension………………………………......26 C2. Experiment 2 – Projectile Motion………...…………………………………..30 C3. Experiment 3 – Friction ……………….…………………………………………33 C4. Experiment 4 – Simple Harmonic Motion – Mass on a spring………….39 References……………………………………………………………………………….42 Department of Science and Foundation Page 2 PHYSICS 061 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, 2012 GUIDELINES & SKILLS A1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LABS 1.1 1.2 Where… The Physics Lab is located at ME 101 on the ground floor. When… The Physics Lab programme is conducted on a fortnightly basis ie. if your lab begins on Week 2, then your next lab will be on Week 4, Week 6 and so on. The lab schedule is posted outside the Physics Lab. A copy is also available on Moodle so you can download and print out the schedule for your own reference. How many… There is a total of 4 lab sessions. How long… The duration of each lab session is 2 hours. Students are expected to arrive at least 5

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