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    This document describes an experiment investigating the factors that determine the period of oscillation of a bifilar suspension. The experiment involves measuring the period of oscillation of a wooden bar suspended by cotton threads as the distance between the threads and the length of the threads are varied. The experiment aims to determine the relationships between the period of oscillation and the distance between threads and the length of the threads. The document provides the procedure, tasks to be completed, expected results and theoretical background for the experiment.

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    This document describes an experiment investigating the factors that determine the period of oscillation of a bifilar suspension. The experiment involves measuring the period of oscillation of a wooden bar suspended by cotton threads as the distance between the threads and the length of the threads are varied. The experiment aims to determine the relationships between the period of oscillation and the distance between threads and the length of the threads. The document provides the procedure, tasks to be completed, expected results and theoretical background for the experiment.

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    Chan Shu Kui Memorial School AL-PHYSICS

    EXPERIMENT 1. Investigation of the factors determining the


    period of oscillation of a Bifilar Suspension

    Name :________________ Class No. :____ Date :________

    Apparatus A wooden bar of rectangular cross section and about 40 cm long,


    cotton, stopwatch, metre scale, two stands and clamps, spirit
    level, set-square.

    Setting Tie a loop of the cotton round the bar near each end. Tie lengths
    of cotton to these loops and pass the free ends of the cotton
    through split corks held by separate clamps at the same horizontal
    level.
    Start with each loop on the bar 1 cm from the end and the
    suspension threads about 30 cm long.
    Adjust the height and position of the clamps so that
    (a) the suspended bar is horizontal (use spirit level),
    (b) the suspension thread are vertical (use set-square against
    vertical thread and the suspended bar),
    (c) the suspension threads measured from bar to cork are equal
    in length.

    2002-2003 AL-PHYSICS PRACTICAL WORKSHEET 1 P.1


    Chan Shu Kui Memorial School AL-PHYSICS

    Task 1. To investigate how the period of oscillation varies with the distance d
    between the vertical suspension threads.
    Set the bar oscillating through a small angle about a vertical axis and
    with a stopwatch take two determinations of the time for 30 complete
    oscillations.
    Measure the horizontal distance d between the vertical threads.
    Move each loop 2 cm farther from the end and repeat the timings,
    and then continue to move the loops 2 cm at a time.

    Task 2. To investigate how the period of oscillation varies with the length l
    of the suspension threads.
    Re-set the loops and hence the suspension threads to 2 cm from the
    ends of the bar. Keeping this distance between the suspension threads
    constant throughout the experiment, vary the equal lengths l of the
    suspension threads between 20 and 40 cm and obtain two readings of
    the time for 30 oscillations for each value of l.

    Results :
    Task 1
    Constant length of vertical threads l /m =

    Distance
    Time for 30 oscillations Time for 1
    between
    oscillation Log T Log d
    vertical
    t1 /s t2 /s Mean t /s T /s
    threads d /m

    2002-2003 AL-PHYSICS PRACTICAL WORKSHEET 1 P.2


    Chan Shu Kui Memorial School AL-PHYSICS

    Task 2
    Constant distance apart of vertical threads d /m =

    Length of
    Time for 30 oscillations Time for 1
    vertical
    oscillation Log T Log l
    thread l /m
    t1 /s t2 /s Mean t /s T /s

    Things to do
    1. In experiment 1, plot a graph with the values of log T
    against log d.
    2. Measure the slope and interpret your result of the
    graph.
    3. Find the relation between T and d.
    4. In experiment 2, plot a graph of log T against log l.
    5. Measure the slope and interpret your result of the
    graph.
    6. Find the relation between T and l.
    7. State the possible source(s) of errors of the
    experiments. Compare the results obtained in (2) and
    (4) with the theoretical values shown in Theory (*).
    Suggest some methods to improve the accuracy of the

    2002-2003 AL-PHYSICS PRACTICAL WORKSHEET 1 P.3


    Chan Shu Kui Memorial School AL-PHYSICS

    experiment.

    Theory Assuming that the relation between the periodic time T and the
    distance d between the vertical threads is of the form T  d a , then
    T
     k where k is a constant
    da
    Taking logs to the base 10 and rearranging,
    log t  a log d  log k

    Thus the graph of log T against log d is a straight line whose


    slope, PN , obtained from two well-separated points on the line,
    QN
    is the value of a, which may be either positive T  d a or negative
    1 . In the case of experiment 2, assuming the
    T  d  a orT 
    da
    relation between T and l to be T  l a .

    Theory shows that the full relationship between the periodic time
    T, the length l of the vertical suspension threads and their
    distance d apart is
    4 Il
    T  2   *
    Mgd 2

    where M and l are the mass & the M.I. about the axis of
    oscillation respectively.

    2002-2003 AL-PHYSICS PRACTICAL WORKSHEET 1 P.4

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