Experiment 1 Addition of Vectors - LABORATORY REPORT SHEET
Experiment 1 Addition of Vectors - LABORATORY REPORT SHEET
Experiment 1 Subject
Code - CET 0225.1-4 Group No 6
Section
VECTOR Gapit, Sophia
Latina, Jeffrey
ADDITION Name:
Lim, Denzel
Magparangalan, Brigette
Course &
BS IT 2
Year:
AND Mangalus, Justine
Mariano, Marc Ernest
EQUILIBRIUM Lab
Maculeta E. Omiles Date:
OF FORCES Professor:
OBJECTIVES:
PRINCIPLE:
Forces are vector quantities acting on an object. They can be concurrent forces or parallel forces.
Forces that pass through the same point are called Concurrent forces (Fig. 2.1). Concurrent forces can be
demonstrated using a force table. Also, force table is a device used to demonstrate the equilibrant force.
Equilibrant force is a single force that balances the sum of the forces acting on a body. The sum of all forces
acting on the body is called Resultant forces. And the force that balances the effect of all forces acting on the
body is the Equilibrant force. Equilibrant force has the same magnitude as the resultant force but directly
opposite the direction of the resultant force
There are two ways to solve the resultant: Graphical Method and Analytical Method. For the graphical
method, one may choose the Parallelogram method or the Polygon (tip-tail) method. To solve by graphical
solution, vectors are scaled. In the parallelogram method, vectors are drawn from one original point (origin of
the axis). Then, draw vector lines parallel to them connected in their tip ends with their tail-ends meet at one
point. From the origin, draw a line towards the point where the two tail-ends meet. This line represents the
resultant of the two vectors. Alternatively, in the polygon method, the tip-end of one vector is connected to the
tail-end of the second vector. The tip-end of the third vector is then connected to the tip-end of the second
vector. And so on, until the last vector is connected to the others. From the tail-end of the first vector, draw a
line towards the tip-end of the last vector added in the system. This line represents the resultant of the vectors.
The other solution for adding vector is the Analytical Method. In solving the resultant force, we will
use the following equations:
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magnitude of the resultant:
|∑ |
i=1
F́ i = R=√ R2x + R2y ; Equation 2.1
| |
∑ F́ xi =R x , x−component of R ;
i=1
|∑ |
i=1
F́ yi =R y , y−component of R
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Ry Equation 2.2
tanθ R = ; θ is the angle withrespect ¿ x
Rx R
Since the resultant (R) and the equilibrant (E) have the same magnitude and is oppositely directed, their sum is
equal to zero. Hence, the forces are in equilibrium. That means, the magnitude and directions of the forces
acting on the object are balanced. This is the First Condition for Equilibrium.
PROCEDURES:
Picture of the
Interactive force
table
Computations:
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II. Equilibrium of Three Concurrent Forces - Using the interactive force table -
https://www.geogebra.org/m/ygq9m5rd
Picture of the
Interactive force
table
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Computations:
III. Equilibrium of Four Concurrent Forces - Using the interactive force table -
https://www.geogebra.org/m/ygq9m5rd
Picture of the
Interactive force
table
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Computations:
CONCLUSION:
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QUESTIONS:
1. Show that the forces and its equilibrant in Table 1. will conform to Sine law.
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2. If two vectors have the unequal magnitude, can their resultant be equal to zero?
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