Fundamental Law of Dynamics (Newton's Second Law) With Thedemonstration Track and The Timer 4-4
Fundamental Law of Dynamics (Newton's Second Law) With Thedemonstration Track and The Timer 4-4
Fundamental Law of Dynamics (Newton's Second Law) With Thedemonstration Track and The Timer 4-4
Difficulty level Group size Preparation time Execution time
General information
Application
Experiment set-up
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Students should be familiar with the basic concept and terminology of Newton's axioms
Prior and the classical equations of motion.
knowledge
Scientific The relationship between mass and acceleration is considered for different inertial
masses and different accelerating forces.
principle
Learning Newton's 2nd axiom states that the change in motion of a body is proportional to the
force acting on it:
objective
F ⃗ = m ⋅ v⃗ = m ⋅ a⃗
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Safety instructions
The general instructions for safe experimentation in science lessons apply to this experiment.
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Equipment
Position Material Item No. Quantity
1 Demonstration track, aluminium, 1.5 m 11305-00 1
2 Cart, low friction sapphire bearings 11306-00 1
3 Shutter plate for low friction cart, width: 100 mm 11308-00 1
4 Starter system for demonstration track 11309-00 1
5 Magnet w.plug f.starter system 11202-14 1
6 Needle with plug 11202-06 1
7 Tube with plug 11202-05 1
8 End holder for demonstration track 11305-12 1
9 Plasticine, 10 sticks 03935-03 1
10 Pulley for demonstration track 11305-10 1
11 Holder for pulley 11305-11 1
12 Silk thread, l = 200 m 02412-00 1
13 Slotted weight, black, 10 g 02205-01 8
14 Slotted weight, black, 50 g 02206-01 4
15 Weight for low friction cart, 400 g 11306-10 1
16 Slotted weight, blank, 1 g 03916-00 20
17 Weight holder, silver bronze, 1 g 02407-00 1
18 Light barrier, compact 11207-20 2
19 Holder for light barrier 11307-00 2
20 PHYWE Timer 4-4 13604-99 1
21 Connecting cord, 32 A, 1000 mm, red 07363-01 4
22 Connecting cord, 32 A, 1000 mm, yellow 07363-02 5
23 Connecting cord, 32 A, 1000 mm, blue 07363-04 5
24 Portable Balance, OHAUS CR2200 48914-00 1
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Set-up (1/6)
Note that to start the trolley with initial pulse, the starting
device must be mounted so that the punch moves away
from the measuring trolley when triggered.
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Set-up (2/6)
Set-up (3/6)
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Set-up (4/6)
Set-up (5/6)
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Set-up (6/6)
Make sure that the polarity is correct. The red socket of the
starting device is connected to the yellow socket of the
timing device.
12. The two slide switches on the timing device are set to
the right-hand position "falling edge" ( ) to select the
trigger edge.
Procedure (1/3)
1. The trolley should perform a uniformly accelerated movement due to the weight plate.
Its acceleration is determined as a function of the total inertial mass and also as a function of the
accelerating mass.
For this purpose, the mass of the wagon is first determined with a scale without the black-painted
additional weights.
2. The trolley is released by the starter and experiences a constant acceleration until the weight plate
touches the ground.
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Procedure (2/3)
Here two of the light barriers are passed through and simultaneously both the required time ti to reach the
respective light barrier as well as shading time Δti is determined for the duration of the light barrier
interruption.
The times for covering the distances are shown on the digital displays 1 and 3, the shading times on the
displays 2 and 4.
Procedure (3/3)
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Evaluation (1/9)
Observation
Increasing the inertial mass while keeping the accelerating force constant will cause the car to move slower.
A redistribution of mass causes changes in acceleration, because although the total mass remains the same,
only the mass of the weight actuator contributes to the acceleration of the car.
Evaluation (2/9)
Measurement example 1
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Evaluation (3/9)
1. An example measurement for determining the dependence of mass and acceleration is shown in the
measurement table example 1.
t
2. The measured times i and Δt b
i result via the velocity-time-law, together with the aperture length , from
a
the acceleration directly acting on the car i which, within the scope of the measurement accuracy, can be
regarded as constant at both light barriers and can therefore be averaged as
am = a1+2 a2 .
Evaluation (4/9)
a
3. The figure shows the acceleration m caused by the
m
mass = 10 g, as a function of the inertial mass M +m
.
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Evaluation (5/9)
Fg = m ⋅ g
consisting of the mass m of the weight plate and the
acceleration due to gravity g.
Evaluation (6/9)
5. As this mass is directly connected to the trolley, the equilibrium of forces will result
F − g = m ⋅ g = (M + m) ⋅ a = FB
F F
between the weight force g and the force resulting in the movement of the entire system B . From this
follows the linearity between the acceleration and the reciprocal inertial mass shown in Figure 2:
m ⋅g
a= M +m ∝
1
M +m .
The evaluation of the measurement example shown provides a slope of 0.0946 kg-m/s² = 0.0946 N, which is
m g
in agreement with the theoretical value ⋅ = 0, 0981 . N
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Evaluation (7/9)
Measurement example 2
Evaluation (8/9)
1. The measurement example 2 table shows the values for a measurement of the dependence of
acceleration and accelerating mass. While the total mass M +m m
remained constant, the mass of the
weight plate is increased step by step.
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Evaluation (9/9)
Notes
1. To reduce the distance between the weight adjuster and the incremental wheel, the thread length can be
shortened by turning the needle with plug several times on the carriage, thus winding up the thread.
Δ
2. The shading times ti were used to determine the velocities of the trolley. Since the car continues to be
accelerated as it passes through the light barrier, these calculated velocities are not, strictly speaking,
instantaneous velocities, which explains the deviations of a few percent of the results from the theoretical
values.
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