To investigate the relationship between length of a simple pendulum and period of the of oscillation

Inference:
The period of pendulum is affected by the length of the thread.

Hypothesis:
The longer the length of a simple pendulum, the longer will be the period of oscillation

Aim:

To investigate the relationship between length of a simple pendulum and the square of its period of oscillation

Variable: Manipulated variable: The length,l Responding variable : Period, T Constant variable:Mass of pendulum bob, m

Apparatus and material

Retort stand, pendulum bob, sting(thread), metre rule, stop watch.

Diagram

Procedure:

1.The apparatus was set up as shown in figure. 2.The length of thread,l was measured by a metre rule, starting with 20.0 cm. The bob of the pendulum was displaced and released. 3.The time for 20 complete oscillation, t was taken using stopwatch. Calculate the period t of oscillation by using T

20

5.The experiment was repeated using different of lengths, l =40.0 cm, 60.0 cm, 80.0 cm and 90.0 cm.

Observation / Tabulated data

Length of string, l (cm) 20.0 Time taken for 20 oscillation, t (s) t1 t2 taverage 12.80 12.76 Period of T2 / (s2) oscillation t /(s) T
20

40.0
60.0

14.44
16.01

14.27
15.52

80.0
90.0

18.40
19.34

17.88
19.41

Observation / Tabulated data

Length of string, l (cm) 20.0 Time taken for 20 oscillation, t (s) t1 t2 taverage 10.34 10.22 Period of T2 / (s2) oscillation t /(s) T
20

30.0
40.0

11.39
12.49

11.40
12.60

50.0
60.0

15.44
16.61

15.30
16.44

Observation / Tabulated data

Length of string, l (cm) 20.0 Time taken for 20 oscillation, t (s) t1 t2 taverage 10.30 9.93 Period of T2 / (s2) oscillation t /(s) T
20

30.0
40.0

11.57
13.58

11.50
13.45

50.0
60.0

15.20
17.21

15.28
17.14

Graph T2 against l
T2 / s2

l/cm

Observation / Tabulated data

Length of string, l (cm) 20.0 Time taken for 20 oscillation, t (s) t1 t2 taverage Period of T2 / (s2) oscillation t /(s) T
20

40.0
60.0

80.0
90.0