Purpose: To calculate the spring constant by using Hooke's Law
Procedure:
1) We first calibrated a force sensor by zeroing it with no mass hanging and then added 500grams setting the sensor to read 4.9N.
2) We set up a track on our table, a cart attached by a spring to the force sensor, which is held horizontally on one end of the track by a clamp and bar. On the other end we have a motion sensor to read the distance the cart will be pulled.
3) Using logger pro we collect data from both the force and motion sensors and plot them to create a graph of force vs distance.
4) Using a Linear fit we find the slope(spring constant) to be 5.724 N/m.
5) By measuring the area under the curve(integrating) we have now calculated the work done by the spring, .05 N*m
Experiment 2: Kinetic Energy and the Work-Kinetic Energy Principle
Procedure:
1) First we must create a new calculated column for kinetic energy of the cart, .5mv^2
2)Using the same set up as before we will now Release the cart from a stretched position and allow logger pro to graph both KE and Force against the distance.
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