Pendulum Exp
Pendulum Exp
Pendulum Exp
Setup :
Procedure :
A. Length of pendulum
1. Attach a small metal ball (called a bob) to a piece of string of 60cm ,and suspend it as shown in
the figure above.
2. Pull the bob a small distance to one side and release it so that it oscillates to an fro through a small
angle.
3. Find the time for the bob to make 10 complete oscillations using a stopwatch
One complete oscillation/cycle is from
C to B to A to B to C
The time for one oscillation is the
period T.
The frequency f of the oscillations is
the number of complete oscillations
per second , 1/T.
4. Repeat the timing a few times for the same number of oscillations and work out the average.
5. Steps 1- 4 are repeated with string length of 40cm and 20 cm.
6. Record your results in the table given below.
7. Using graph paper, plot a graph of T2 versus l . Draw a best fit line
40.0
20.0
1. Attach a small metal ball (called a bob) of 100g to a piece of string of 20cm ,and suspend it as
shown in the figure above.
2. Pull the bob a small distance to one side and release it so that it oscillates to an fro through a small
angle.
3. Find the time for the bob to make 10 complete oscillations using a stopwatch.
4. Repeat the timing a few times for the same number of oscillations and work out the average.
5. Steps 1- 4 are repeated with mass of pendulum of 200g.
6. Record your results in the table given below.
200.0