What factors affect the rate at which my spring Oscillates - page 9
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By Carlitob10 on 04/11/2006 12:04:33
Level: A Level (Year 13)
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device could be used e.g. a camera to record the oscillation or a motion
• Human error often occurs when recording or transferring data. There is no way to correct this other than checking all data as it is entered.
• Spring is damaged due to exceeding elastic limit
• If a spring exceeds its elastic limit it is permanently damaged and results will be affected by this. To overcome this problem too much weight must not be added to the spring.
I don’t think that any of the possible sources of error mentioned above will have had much effect on the outcome of the investigation.
The investigation went very well for the first three experiments but not for the last one where I varied k and measured T2. This happened because when the springs were put in parallel they started to intertwine and increased the friction force between them increasing the value fork.
I calculated a value for the spring constant which was quite accurate.
If I were to redo the experiment I would take more data and use more accurate equipment so that I could get a more accurate estimation for the spring constant.
I could have made my results better if I had used computer controlled measuring devices, as they are more accurate that human controlled measuring devices.
If I were to do this experiment again I would use computer controlled measuring devices if they were available.
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