AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY–BANGLADESH (AIUB)

FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
PHYSICS LAB 1
Summer 2020-2021
Section: K , Group: 5

LAB REPORT 3:
(Name of the experiment)

Supervised By
SUPERVISOR’S NAME

Submitted By
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Date of Submission: month day, 2021

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOPICS Page no.

I. Title Page 1
II. Table of Content 2
1. Theory 3
2. Apparatus
3. Procedure
4. Experimental Data
5. Analysis and Calculation
6. Result
7. Discussion
8. References
9. Appendices

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 1. Theory

Projectile motion is the motion of an object thrown or projected into the air, subject to
only the acceleration of gravity. The object is called a projectile, and its path is called
its trajectory. 
Projectile motion only occurs when there is one force applied at the beginning on the
trajectory, after which the only interference is from gravity.

A collision is any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a
relatively short time. For an elastic collision, both the momentum and kinetic energy
are conserved. Impulse was defined as
Impulse, J = Δ p = pf – pi

2. Apparatus
 Marble, ramp,
 Clamp
 Recording paper,
 Carbon paper,
 Meter scale,
 Weighing scale

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 3. Procedure
 The table was leveled with the end of the ramp.
 The floor was covered with a piece of recording paper and carbon paper was
placed top of the recording paper.
 The recording paper was recorded the mark of each bounce of the ball.
 After the collection of data the carbon paper was lifted.
 The position of collision points on the floor was measured from the distance from
O where O is located by the marble ball.
 S1 and S2 was measured after completed the data collection.
 The ball was released from the top of the ramp.
 The ball was rolled down and bounce on the floor with minimal spin.
 This procedure was repeated 10 times and every time the ball was released from
the same point.
 The heights h and H was measured by a meter scale.
 The circular region that include most of the marks that was determined on the
paper.
 A circle was drawn around the region to take the center of the circles for S1 and
S2.
 The average value of S1 and S2 was obtained.
 The mass of the marble was measured.

4. Experimental Data

Height Height Average Uncertainty Average Uncertainty Mass of

h H Distance, in Distance, in Marble
S1 S1 S2 S2 m
(cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (gm)
53 15 33 5.5 72 10 5.7

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 5. Analysis and Calculation

Straight line (one Projectile (two dimensional) motion

Quantity dimensional) motion Horizontal Vertical
component component
Initial velocity u v0x = v0cosθ0 v0y = v0sinθ0
Acceleration a ax = 0 ay = -g
Velocity at any v = u + at vx = v0x vy = v0y – gt
point v = u2 + 2as
2
vy2 = v0y 2
0y – 2gy

Distance s = vt (constant x = v0xt y = v0yt – ½

velocity) gt2
s = ut + ½ at2

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 Result
SN Quantities Corresponding Equations Values with Units
1 Time for the ball to leave the ramp and hit 2h t = 0.33 s
the point A t=
√ g

2 Constant Horizontal velocity of the ball s

v x=
t v x =¿100 cm/s

3 Vertical velocity just before it strikes the v y =¿-323.4 cm/s

point A v y =−¿∨v y =−√ 2 gh
4 Velocity of the ball just before it strikes the |v| = 338.51 cm/s
point A in vector form 2
|v| = √ v x + v y 2

θ=17.1 8
θ=tan −1 ¿ )

5 Range of the second projectile = Distance v 2 sin2 θ R =39 cm

between point A and B R= or, R = S2−S 1
g

6 Time of the ball spends between point A and R t AB= 0.39 s

t AB=
B vx
7 Maximum height for the projectile between g H = 18.63 cm
H= ¿
point A and B 2

SN Quantities Corresponding Equations Values with Units

1 Magnitude of the velocity before/after impact |v| = √ v x 2+ v y 2 |v| = 215.68 cm
at point A
2 The angle that the ball makes with the θ=tan −1 ¿ ) θ=27.62
surface just before/after the collision at point
A
3 Kinetic energy of the ball before the collision 1 K.Ei = 326578.71
K. Ei = m ¿ v ∨¿2 ¿
at A 2
4 Kinetic energy of the ball after the collision 1 K. E f = 132575.91
K. E f = m ¿ v ∨¿2 ¿
at A 2
5 Horizontal impulse that the floor gives to the J x =Pix−P fx J x =570−570
ball J x =0
6 Vertical impulse that the floor gives to the J y =Piy −P fy
ball J y =1929.51−1389.71
J y =539.8

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 6. Discussion
 Being careful not to impart spin on the ball
 Ignore any points that are obviously anomalous
 Reading time must be measured from stop watch carefully.
 To minimize error the procedure must be repeated 20 times.
 Lastly everything must be done carefully especially calculation.
 Height must be take carefully.

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 (The following part is only to be followed in preparing the report)

Instructions
 The font is ‘Times new Roman’.

 The font size of all the titles are 16 down to 12, 16 being the main title, 14 subtitle,
and so on.

 The font size of all the text must be 11 and all text should be justified.

 From the ParagraphIndents & Spacing tab.

o Line spacing1.5 lines.

o SpacingBefore and After both will be 6 pt.

o Check √the box ‘Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style’.

 All the gaps between the paragraphs, titles, etc. should be same.

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