4 Kinematics of Rectilinear Motion (M)

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PHYSICS LAB EXPERIMENT 4: KINEMATICS OF RECTILINEAR


MOTION

I. PURPOSE:

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II. MEASUREMENTS :

1• Measur. e th e d Istances
' x1 , x2 , x3 etc. and record your measurements
taken drrectly from the ticker timer tape in the second column of Table 4 1
and then complete entering the rest of the required derived q t.t. . ..
Table 4.1 below: uan 1 tes 10
Table (4.1)

Time Displacement Displacement Average Velocity Average


t-I X I· differences Speed differences Acceleration
(s) (em) (em) (cm/s) (em /s) (em /s 2)
~ Xj = (Xi+I- Xj) V I· =~X I· /~t ~v I· = v 1+
· 1-v·I a I· =~ v·l
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0.05

0.1
0.15

0.2
0.25

0.3
0.35

0.4
0.45

0.5
0.55

0.6
0.65

0.7
0.75

0.8
0.85

0.9
0.95

1.0

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2. Complete entering the rest of the required detived quantities in Table 4 .2
below:

Table (4.2)

Total Time Distance on


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t 10 = 1.0 xw = ]s. 1)

III. DATA AND DATA A

A. From an inspection your tape, can you find where your speed was
highest? Where it was lowest ? Can you find where the acceleration was
(a) greatest (b) smallest?
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B. Now using Tables (4.1) and (4.2) continue the following analysis:

1. Plot on a linear graph paper x against t. Connect your plotted points with a
smooth curve. From your graph can you tell where the speed was constant?
Increasing ? Decreasing ?

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2. Plot a histogram of erage speed v against time t. Fig.4.2 shows a ,


histogram of the ta in the sample table.
Can you see regions where v is increansing? Decreasing? Constant?

3. Calculate the average speed d · g some long and shorter time interval all
with the same midpoint t m= t6 = 0.6 s. Record your results in Table (4.2) .
Do your computed value of v appear to be approaching a limiting valu~ . .
Can you tell what is the~~o~peed at the midpoint t 6 = 0.6 s ? #0
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4. On your histogram of v aga· t t draw a graph of instantaneous speed v


against the time t by joining with straight lines the midpoints of the
horizontal bars of the histogram ; By joining the mid-points by straight
lines, what assmnption are you making about the way the instantaneous
speed varies during each time interval?

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5. From your (v,t) graph read off the instantaneous speed at t = tm = 0.6 s.
How does it agree with the value obtained in part B-3. ?

6. Calculate the instantaneous s a at tm by measuring the slope of the (x,t)


graph. Does the val med for the instantaneous speed at t = tm = 0. 6 s
agree with your previous two values obtained in B-3 and B-5 ?
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7. Measure the area under your (v, t) graph between two times ti and tr
of your choice, what does this area represent ?

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8. Now measure directly on the paper strip the distance actually moved during
the time interval from ti to fr. Compare with the answer you got in B-7.

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9. Using your computed data of the erage acceleration a in Table (4.1) plot a
smooth graph of instantaneous acceleration (a) against the timet. How good
was your early guess as to the times of the greatest and the smallest
accelerations?

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