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CEBU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY
N. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City
COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Department of Engineering Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
SING, NICHOLAS BONN L. December 19, 2019
(Name, Course, and Year) (Date Submitted)
M4/M13–7 ENGR. KARLA JANE N. PURACAN
Section - Group Number Instructor
Experiment #4
HOOKE’S LAW
Title of Experiment
I. Objective/s
Establish the relation between the elongation of a spring and the force applied to it.
Determine the force/spring constant.
II. Materials/Apparatus/Equipment
Hooke’s Law Apparatus
Masses of 50g, 100g, 150g
Stopwatch
Steel tape
III. Procedure
A. Determination of the elongation of the spring.
1. The students first prepared the materials and the apparatus.
2. Set the pointer of the Hooke’s Law Apparatus pan to zero.
3. 50-gram mass is placed on the pan and the spring’s elongations is measured
and recorded.
4. Procedure 3 is repeated but using a mass of 100g, 150g, 200g, and 250g.
B. Determination of the period of oscillation.
1. 50-gram mass was being placed on the pan and when the spring elongates, hold
the pan from that point of elongation.
2. The pan is released and let it oscillate 25 times. The time is then recorded on the
25 oscillations. One oscillation is one set of up and down motion.
IV. Tabulated Data and Results
A. Determination of the elongation of the spring.
Mass (kg) Elongation (m) Restoring Force Spring Constant
(N) (N/m)
0.05 0.07 m 0.4905 N 7.0071 N/m
0.10 0.15 m 0.9810 N 6.5400 N/m
0.15 0.22 m 1.4715 N 6.6818 N/m
0.20 0.29 m 1.9620 N 6.8772 N/m
0.25 0.35 m 2.4525 N 7.0071 N/m
K1ave = 6.8226 N/m
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The results shows in table A that when a 50-gram mass is applied, the elongation
is 0.07 m and as multiple grams are added, the elongation increases. The restoring
force shows how many newtons are applied due to the force of the mass and gravity
going down. From 50g mass to 250g mass, the newtons increase. The spring
constant determines the force needed to stretch the spring. It’s average show 6.8226
N/m.
B. Determination of the period of oscillation.
Mass (kg) Time (s) T (s) T2 (s2) Spring
Constant
(N/m)
0.05 14.40 s 0.5760 s 0.33 s 2
5.9814 N/m
0.10 19.54 s 0.7816 s 0.61 s2 6.4719 N/m
0.15 23.15 s 0.9404 s 0.88 s2 6.7290 N/m
2
0.20 26.70 s 1.0680 s 1.14 s 6.9260 N/m
0.25 29.55 s 1.1820 s 1.40 s2 7.0497 N/m
Ksave = 6.6316 N/m
Kave = 6.7270 N/m
The result shows in B tells the time counted by oscillation. This table represents
the time that is calculated by how many times the oscillation happened. In a 50g
mass, it shows almost 15 seconds and as more grams were added, the higher the
time goes. The spring constant determines its Newtons per mass that is calculated
from the mass in kg. The k average shows 6.6316 N/m. The overall k average from
both tables A and B gives the k a 6.7270 N/m.
V. Experimental Data Analysis and Discussion
The result was expected because both tables show positive results and no
mistake were added. This results broadens the understanding of the topic by
knowing the stress and strains. Because of this, it shows that Hooke’s law is
something to be learned and mastered throughout the course until the end of course.
Although Hooke's Law was created years ago, it continues to impact society
today. Robert Hooke's creation has allowed for countless discoveries and
advancement's in various fields of science and engineering. Hooke's Law has had
various important applications, such as laying the foundation of studies regarding
stress, strain, and understanding elastic materials. These studies influenced
Hooke's design for the balance springs of watches. The creation of the balance
wheel or spring was fundamental in the later creations of the mechanical clock,
portable timepiece, spring scale and manometer. All of these inventions rely on the
relationship that Hooke's Law established in regard to elasticity.
Hooke's Law was also fundamental in laying the basis of various branches of
science and engineering including seismology, molecular mechanics and acoustics.
The law is also a prime example for the first law of thermodynamics. Whenever a
spring is stretched or compressed, it conserves all energy applied to it.
VI. Conclusion
Yes, the amount the spring stretches plotted against the weight added to the
hanger gives a straight line that goes through the origin. This means that the
extension of a spring is directly proportional to the stretching force applied to it.
Hooke's Law states that the extension of a spring is directly proportional to the
applied load providing that the elastic limit has not been exceeded.
In this experiment, the stretch of a spring changes as the force applied on the
spring changes. As the stretch increases, the force increases, and it is a constant
increase. During the conduction of this lab, several new phrases that were defined
came up: extension, Hooke’s law, the spring constant, the percent difference, and the
E equation. Extension is the stretch of the spring—how far it stretches. Hooke’s law
is a principle of physics. It states that the force needed to extend (or compress) a
spring is proportional to the distance stretched—there is a linear correlation. This ties
in with the spring constant, which is the force needed per meter of stretch of a spring.
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This is also known as “K,” and shows the linear and constant relationship between
force and distance stretched. The last new phrase is the percent difference.
The results are definitely not totally accurate (as shown in the table), because the
measurements were read off the meter stick by eye to the nearest mm .Movements
in the room by other people caused vibrations which also contributed slightly to the
inaccurate results.
VII. References
Elert, G. (1998). Elasticity – The Physics Hypertextbook. [online] Physics.info. Retrieved
from http://physics.info/elasticity/
