EXPERIMENTAL REPORT IV

DETERMINATION OF GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION USING SIMPLE

PENDULUM OSCILLATION WITH PC INTERFACE

School: Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Class: Mechatronics Engineering (Advanced Program) – 02
Lab Class: PH 1016 Group: 01
Full Name: Tang Hoang Duc ID: 20215694

Verification of the instructors

I) EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

1. Pendulum with vertical oscillation plan:

L1= 0.400 (m) L2= 0.500 (m) L3= 0.600 (m)

Trials

T1 (s) T2 (s) T3 (s)

1 1.323 1.466 1.583

2 1.326 1.462 1.580

3 1.324 1.464 1.579

4 1.323 1.461 1.582

5 1.322 1.463 1.578

Average value T 1=1.324 s T 2=1.463 s T 3=1.580 s

 √
5

∑ (T ¿ ¿ i1−T 1)2 => S.D ≈ 0.000

ⅈ=1
Δ T 1= ≈ 0.001(s) ¿
5

√
5

∑ (T ¿ ¿ i2−T 2 )2 => S.D ≈ 0.001

ⅈ=1
∆ T 2= ≈ 0.002 ( s ) ¿
5

√
5

∑ (T ¿ ¿ i3−T 3 )2 => S.D ≈ 0.001

l̇=1
Δ T 3= ≈ 0.002(s)¿
5

√ ( )
2
Pendulum with vertical oscillation plane: T =2 π
l (s) → g=l 2 π ( m ∕ s2 )
g T

a) L1 = 0.400 (m):

g1=L1
( )
2π 2
T1
=0.400
1.324 (
2 ×3.141 2
)
=9.005 ( m/ s2 )

√( )
2
∆ T1
Δ g 1=g 1 × −2 = 0.014( m/ s2 )
T1

2
=> g1=9.005± 0.014 (m ∕ s )

b) L2 = 0.500 (m):

g2=L2
( )
2π 2
T2
=0.500
1.463 (
2 ×3.141 2
)
=9.219 ( m ∕ s 2 )

Δ g 2=g2 ×
√(−2
∆ T2 2
T2 )
=0.025(m ∕ s2 )

2
=> g2=9.219± 0.025(m ∕ s )

c) L3 = 0.600 (m)

g3=L3
( )
2π 2
T3
=0.600
1.580 (
2 ×3.141 2
)
=9.485 ( m ∕ s 2 )
 Δ g 3=g3 ×
√(
−2
∆T3 2
T3 ) 2
=0.024 (m ∕ s )

 g3=9.485± 0.024 (m ∕ s 2)

2. Pendulum with inclined oscillation plan: l=0.140 ( m )

θ1=0° θ2=10° θ3 =20° θ 4=40° θ5 =60° θ6 =80 °

Trial
T1 (s) T2 (s) T3 (s) T4 (s) T5 (s) T6 (s)
1 0.753 0.766 0.780 0.859 1.048 1.670
2 0.748 0.761 0.782 0.851 1.050 1.679
3 0.749 0.769 0.781 0.860 1.045 1.683
4 0.746 0.764 0.782 0.856 1.052 1.677
5 0.750 0.771 0.784 0.862 1.043 1.671
0.75 0 0.766 0.782 0.858 1. 6 76
T❑ 1.048

√ √
5 5

∑ (T ¿ ¿ i1−T 1) 2
∑ (T ¿ ¿ i2−T 2 )2
ⅈ=1 ⅈ=1
Δ T 1= =0.00 1 ( s ) ¿ Δ T 2= =0.002 ( s ) ¿
25 25

√ √
5 5

∑ (T ¿ ¿ i3−T 3 ) 2
∑ (T ¿ ¿ i 4−T 4 )2
ⅈ=1 ⅈ=1
Δ T 3= =0.001 ( s ) ¿ Δ T 4= =0.00 2 ( s ) ¿
25 25

√ √
5 5

∑ (T ¿ ¿ i5−T 5 ) 2
∑ (T ¿ ¿ i5−T 6)2
ⅈ=1 ⅈ=1
Δ T 5= =0.00 1(s)¿ Δ T 6= =0.00 2(s)¿
25 25

√ ( )
2
l l 2π
Pendulum with inclined oscillation plane:T =2 π ( s) → g= (m ∕ s2 )
g cos θ cos θ T
o
a)θ1=0

g1=
l
cos θ 1 T 1 ( )
2 π 2 0.140 2 ×3.141 2
=
cos O
o
0.75 0 ( 2
=9.82(m ∕ s ))
Δ g 1=g 1 ×
√(
−2
∆ T1 2
T1 ) 2
=0.0 3(m ∕ s )

 g1=9.82 ± 0.0 3 (m ∕ s 2)
b) θ =10o
2

( ) ( )
2 2
l 2π 0.140 2 ×3.141
g2= = =9.56(m ∕ s 2)
cos θ 2 T 2 cos 10 o
0.766

Δ g 2=g2 ×
√(
−2
∆ T2 2
T2 )
=0. 05(m ∕ s 2)

 g2=9.56 ±0. 05 ( m/s 2 )

c) θ3 =20 o

g3=
l
cos θ 3 T 3 ( )
2 π 2 0.140 2× 3.141 2
=
cos 20
o
0.782 ( 2
)
=9.61(m ∕ s )

Δ g 3=g3 ×
√(
−2
∆T3 2
T3 ) 2
=0.0 02(m ∕ s )

 g3=9.61± 0.0 02(m ∕ s2 )

o
d) θ 4=4 0

g4 =
l
cos θ4 T 4( )
2 π 2 0.140 2 ×3.141 2
=
cos 40 o
0.858 ( ) 2
=9.80 (m ∕ s )

Δ g 4=g 4 ×
√( −2
T4 )
∆T4 2
=0.0 5(m ∕ s 2)

 g4 =9. 80 ± 0.05 (m ∕ s 2)
o
e) θ5 =6 0

g5=
l
( )
cos θ 5 T 5
=
cos 60
o
1.048 (
2 π 2 0.140 2× 3.141 2
) 2
=1 0.06(m ∕ s )

Δ g 5=g5 ×
√(
−2
T5 )
∆T5 2
=0. 04(m ∕ s 2)

 g5=10.06 ± 0. 04( m ∕ s 2)
o
h) θ6 =8 0
 ( ) ( )
2 2
l 2π 0.140 2 ×3.141 2
g6 = = =11.32(m ∕ s )
cos θ 6 T 6 cos 80 o
1. 6 76

Δ g 5=g5 ×
√(
−2
∆T5 2
T5 )=0. 03(m ∕ s2 )

 g5=11.32 ± 0. 03(m ∕ s 2)

We can see that the length of the rod or the angle of inclined oscillation plane doesn’t effect
on gravitational acceleration because it only depends on height, depth and air density, the
gravitational effect of the Moon and the Sun…