Classical Mechanics Lab

1st Semester

Simple pendulum

Objectives:

In this experiment, you will determine how the period of a simple pendulum depends on the mass of the pendulum.
You will also determine how the period of the pendulum depends on the length of the pendulum

2. Motion of a freely falling body

Objectives:

To determine the magnitude of gravitational acceleration (g) of the earth.

3-Torque

Objectives:

In this experiment, you will investigate torques on rigid bodies and static equilibrium.

4-The spring hooke's law and oscillation

Objectives:

Investigate how a spring behaves when it is stretched under the influence of an external force. To verify that this behavior is accurately described by Hooke’s Law.
Measure the spring constant (k) in two independent ways.

5. Fall of the body through the viscous medium

Objectives:

To show that a small sphere falls with a constant terminal velocity.
To find the coefficient of viscosity of a liquid of an unknown fluid using Stokes’ Law.

2nd Semester

1. Projectile motion

Objectives:

To investigate the trajectory of the projectile when the launch angle is zero (α=0).
To find out the magnitude of gravitational acceleration (g = 9.8 m/s^2 ).
Investigation of conservation of energy (Etotal = U + K).

2. Velocity of sound in air (Resonance method)

Objectives:

To study the phenomenon of resonance in tubes and to measure the velocity of sound in air. This is accomplished by determining the wavelengths in air of different frequencies by producing standing waves in tubes.

3. Determine the coefficient of friction

Objectives:

Determining the coefficient of friction of static, kinetic, and rolling friction as a function of weight and the material (the area will remain constant).

4. Compound pendulum

Objectives:

To determine the acceleration due to gravity (g) using a compound pendulum and to verify the relation between time period and distance from the center of gravity.

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