1. The aim of the experiment is to determine the Young's modulus of a spring material by measuring the time period of oscillation when different weights are attached.
2. The apparatus required includes a stand, spring, weights, screw gauge, and stopwatch.
3. Theory explains that as mass is added, the spring oscillates vertically. The time period can be used to calculate the Young's modulus based on properties of the spring and attached mass. Plots of mass versus time period should yield a straight line.
1. The aim of the experiment is to determine the Young's modulus of a spring material by measuring the time period of oscillation when different weights are attached.
2. The apparatus required includes a stand, spring, weights, screw gauge, and stopwatch.
3. Theory explains that as mass is added, the spring oscillates vertically. The time period can be used to calculate the Young's modulus based on properties of the spring and attached mass. Plots of mass versus time period should yield a straight line.
1. The aim of the experiment is to determine the Young's modulus of a spring material by measuring the time period of oscillation when different weights are attached.
2. The apparatus required includes a stand, spring, weights, screw gauge, and stopwatch.
3. Theory explains that as mass is added, the spring oscillates vertically. The time period can be used to calculate the Young's modulus based on properties of the spring and attached mass. Plots of mass versus time period should yield a straight line.
1. The aim of the experiment is to determine the Young's modulus of a spring material by measuring the time period of oscillation when different weights are attached.
2. The apparatus required includes a stand, spring, weights, screw gauge, and stopwatch.
3. Theory explains that as mass is added, the spring oscillates vertically. The time period can be used to calculate the Young's modulus based on properties of the spring and attached mass. Plots of mass versus time period should yield a straight line.
We are going to determine the Young's modulus of the material of a spring
by recording its time period of oscillation when loaded by a certain weight.
2 Apparatus required
a)A stand with clamp
b)A spring of the given material c)Weights d)Screw gauge e Stop watch f)Meter scale
3 Theory of experiment When a spring is loaded with a certain mass,it oscillates in a vertical plane.Suppose, a spring of radius R is made out of a wire of length r.The mass hanging from the end be M.Force Mg exerts a couple tending to twist the wire on the direction of arrow as shown in figure.N is the umber of turns in the spring Then,the torque is given by:
T Trnd 2NI
Depression r of end B is Re Hence, 4TRNT r=lR.
If,f is the restoring force due to the wire, then 7=f.R
Hence, equation of motion is given by:
M rn_ T =-INR
This is a S.H.M where
2T 4MNR3
o,
= 4 4NR Time periods vary with varying M.It is evident from the equation that,if we plot an M vs. T graph, we will get a straight line as, the ratio M/T isa constant. 5 Claculations 5.1 Table 1-Measuring radius of spring As, circular scale zero coincides with linear scale zero , there would not be any over-estimation or underestimation in circular scale. 1 linear scale readings100 circular scale readings=l mm 1 circular scale reading(Least count)=0.01 mim
| S.No.| L.S.R| C.S.R | Total len Mean dia | Mean rad
C.S.R is the Circular Scale Reading Total length=L+Cx0.01 mean radius=mean diameter/2
5.2 Table 2-Measuring radius of wire
Here again, the same arguments follow for the least count which comes out to be 0.01 mm.Here, the circular scale zero in 3 divisions to the right of linear Scalezero.So,there is always an underestimation of (3x0.01)mm=0.03mm S.No L.S.RC.S.R App. dia. Real dia Mean dia | Mean rad L(mm) C(mm) mm) (mm) (mm) 1mm) 41 1.41 1.44 39 1.39 1.42 1.43 0.72 41 1.41 1.44 5.3 Table 3-Measurement of time period (T) S.No Weight | Time of 20 osc. Time prd. Mean gms N/m 1057 13.44 0.67 95.489x 10 2 1530 16.04 0.81 94.570x 10 1539 16.22 0.81 95.126x 10 1560 16.35 0.82 94.086x 10 1571 16.50 0.82 94.750x 10 2062 18.82 0.94 94.637x 10 2064 18.85 0.94 94.729x 10 2083 18.96 0.95 93.599x 10 2556 20.87 1.04 95.835x 10°
5.4 Measuring no. of turns of spring
Length of spring = 30.2 cm
Diameter of wire =
No. Lengthoj spring 302 2 1 1 turns
of turns(N)Diameterof spring1.43 6 Result So, the Young's modulus =94.758 x 10" N/m?
