Phys1_05-Springs_152e618a-cf17-4e8b-8ac4-57b0bc38c36d

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Slide 1 Hooke's Law and Spring Potential Energy Objectives Use Hooke's law to find the spring constant of both springs that came in your kit. Determine the spring potential energy of the smaller spring. Determine if energy is conserved after a collision. Physics Overview Hooke’s Law is defined as a restoring force in which the force needed to stretch or compress a spring is proportional to the amount the spring is stretched (or compressed). The distance that the spring is stretched (or compressed) is always measured from the equilibrium position and the constant of proportionality between the force and distance is known as the spring constant. This spring constant is a property of the spring and in effect measures the stiffness of the spring. A restoring force means that the direction of the force is always oriented so that the object is directed back towards the equilibrium position. This means that depending on the position of the object in relation to the equilibrium position, the spring force may be pointing in different directions. This is depicted in the picture below. The equation for Hooke's Law is shown below. The negative sign indicates the fact that this is a restoring force.
In this lab, the spring constant of two different springs will be discovered. In addition, we will use the spring constant to explore the potential energy of a spring. This energy can be found using the following equation: If you would like to further review Spring Potential Energy, you can watch this video: ConservationOfEnergy
Slide 2 Let's try it out!
Slide 3 Accelerometer (200 Hz) Remote 1 Ax Ay Az Time (s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 a (m/s²) -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 ∆t: 3.90161 s μ: 0.046 m/s² — σ: 0.062 m/s² a: 0.179 m/s s: -0.02 m/s³ (r²: 0.08) μ: -9.806 m/s² — σ: 0.13 m/s² a: -38.260 m/s s: -0.01 m/s³ (r²: 0.00) μ: 0.155 m/s² — σ: 0.045 m/s² a: 0.603 m/s s: -0.00 m/s³ (r²: 0.01) Force (200 Hz) Remote 1 Time (s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fᵧ (N) -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ∆t: 3.90065 s μ: -1.981 N — σ: 0.073 N a: -7.726 Ns s: 0.05 N/s (r²: 0.69) Rezero sensor Finding the "Known" Value of the Mass Watch the video below to find out how to find the mass of the device. Please note that the iOLab mass will be needed in many future labs and you should remember the procedure you've done here in order to repeat it for those labs. 01 Finding the Mass of the Device
Here are some instructions in words: Take off the plate and attach the screw instead. Turn the device so that the y-axis is pointing downwards. Press record and let it sit there for 1 second. Then use the screw to lift the device. Hold it steady. Find the average force and acceleration (in the direction) once you have picked up the device. This will give you the force due to gravity and the acceleration due to gravity, respectively. Again, since the force of gravity is in the direction, you can uncheck the and the boxes.) Using the gravitational force equation, you can find the mass. Be certain that you include a sceenshot of your own data in your lab report in the "Analysis Mode", while highlighting the region over which you wish to average the data. Be certain to extract meaningful numbers into a clear table and explain in detail how you use the measurements to calculate the mass of your iOLab.
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