Centripetal Force and Speed: Physics Lab Report

BY MIMI, GENE AND PINK 1101
Centripetal
Force and
Speed
Physics Lab Report
Table
Tableof
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Contents
1.Introduction
2,Objective
3.Materials
4.Setup
5.Procedure
6.Experimental data & results
7.Analysis of results
8.Conclusion
9.Recommendations
10.References
11.Worklog.
Introduction
If you have tied an object to the string and whirl it
in the horizontal circle above your head no doubt
have recognized that you have to pull on the
string. For the circular motion, the force required to
keep the object in a direction toward the center of
the circle. This force or pull is called a “centripetal
force” (Fc). Whenever an object moves around,
the object has a constant speed, but the velocity is
changing in terms of direction because it is
moving in a circular motion, so the velocity of the
direction is perpendicular to the circular motion.
Centripetal is a center seeking in Latin, which
means that the force is always directed toward the
center of the circle. Without this force, an object
will simply continue moving in a form of straight
line motion.
Objective
The purpose of the Centripetal Force and Speed
experiment is to complete the investigation which
determine empirically what the relationship is
between the speed and the centripetal force of an
object for a uniform circular motion (UCM)
Materials
Measuring Tape
Stopwatch
Glass tube
paper clip
String
Weight hanger
Tiny ball
Setup
Before we go into the procedure, we set up our
experiment by preparing the following materials
including Measuring tape, Stopwatch, Glass
tube, Paper clip, String,Weight hanger, and a tiny
ball. We also need to prepare goggles for safety.
After we have all of the materials that we need,
the next thing that we have to do is to practise
rotating the ball as it not easy to do it the first
time. Furthermore, we also need to practise
recording the time by using the stopwatch. We
might record the wrong time because we are
zoned out (did not pay much attention). We have
divided the work of three people. First-person
will rotate the ball. The second person will count
the time for rotations. The last person will be
responsible for recording the time in seconds.
Procedure
1.Place a small number of weights or washers(be sure that all of the washers
you use are the same size.) on the bottom clip of the apparatus. This part of
the apparatus hangs straight down, and the weight of the washers supplies
the centripetal force.
2.Practise whirling ball until you can keep the top clip a short distance
below the bottom of the glass tube while the ball whirls. Important! If the clip
touches the bottom of the glass tube, the weights are no longer supplying
the centripetal force! If the clip rises or falls appreciably as the ball whirls, the
radius of the circle is changing. Practise!
3.Use stopwatch to measure time taken for reasonable number of

revolutions (20-30 perhaps). Record your data.
4.Change the number of washers on the bottom clip (centripetal force) and
repeat steps 3 and 4. Repeat for several different weights. Record the data.
5.Change the position of the top clip to change the radius of the circle.
Repeat the experiment for this radius. Be sure to indicate where the radius
change in your data table.
6.If you have time, you might try to determine the relationship between
mass and centripetal force. In order to do this, you need to keep both the
radius of the circle and the speed constant while you vary the mass and the
centripetal force.
Experiment Data &
Results
Analysis of results
According to the experiment, as you can see on
the data table, as the length of the rope
increases the time taken for one rotation,
period, is increased. However, the speed is
decreased as the length is increased, and is
calculated by using speed’s formula, v = 2πr/T,
the more time the less speed to complete in
period. Moreover, as the length goes long the
less centripetal force to provide, as the formula
has proved, Fc = msqr(v)/r, because the mass
and speed have divided by radius.
Conclusions
The larger centripetal force the

less radius because the radius
divided the mass and the speed
of the object.
Recommendations
There are some flaws that we had made
while doing the experiment. The person
who needs to count the time for rotations
should use the stopwatch instead of
letting another person do it. Furthermore,
we should use Centripetal force apparatus
instead of our hands because it can give
us more accurate data. The last thing to
add is that the person who is responsible
for rotating the ball should rotate it in a
constant speed first, so that we can start
recording the time.
References
Centripetal Force. (2020). Retrieved 16 January 2020,

from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/cf.html
Worklog
LALITPHAN (GENE)
materials, set up, procedure,
recommendation, worklog
SUMITA (MIMI)
perimental data & result,
Analysis of result, Conclusion
JESSITA (PINK)
introduction, objective,
references

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3.Use stopwatch to measure time taken for reasonable number of

The larger centripetal force the

Centripetal Force. (2020). Retrieved 16 January 2020,

Analysis of result, Conclusion

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