EXCEL SAMPLE DATA

Time (s)

Velocity (m/s)displacement(m)
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2

0
-0.574
-0.8
-0.5404
0.0467
0.6054
0.8
0.505
-0.093
-0.535
-0.791
-0.47
0.14
0.662
0.783
0.429
-0.185
-0.687
-0.773
-0.389
0.23

m=0.05kg
acceleration (m/s^2) Kinetic Energy (J)

0.1
0.069
-0.0029
-0.0737
-0.0998
-0.0654
0.0088
0.0776
0.0993
0.0608
-0.0146
-0.0811
-0.0984
-0.0561
0.0203
0.0844
0.0973
0.0512
-0.026
-0.0874
-0.096

-6.4
-4.46
0.187
4.72
6.4
4.18
-5.6
-4.96
-6.36
-3.89
0.93
5.19
6.3
3.6
-1.3
-5.4
-6.23
-3.28
1.66
5.6
6.13

0
0.0082369
0.016
0.007300804
5.45223E-05
0.009162729
0.016
0.006375625
0.000216225
0.007155625
0.015642025
0.0055225
0.00049
0.0109561
0.015327225
0.004601025
0.000855625
0.011799225
0.014938225
0.003783025
0.0013225

Forces Analysis

Acceleration (m/s^2) vs
Displacement(m)
8

F=ma
ma=-kx
a=(-k/m)*x
Therefore the slope of this curve

Acceleration (m/s^2)

-0.15

2
0
-0.1

-0.05

-2

0.05

-4
y -6
= -64.509x - 0.2425
R = 0.9503
-8

Displacement(m)

0.1

0.15

k=m*(64.51 /s^2)
k=0.05*(64.51)
k=3.23 N/m

Displacement(m) vs time(s)
0.15

Displacement(m)

0.1
0.05
0
0

0.5

1.5

2.5

-0.05
-0.1
-0.15

Time (s)

Energy Analysis

Kinetic Energy(J) vs Displacement(m)

0.018

Excel cannot sinusoidal curve fit

Maximum KE (J):
0.016
A=Maximum Displacment (m)
0.1
thus conservation implies
0.5*kA^2=KE_max
k= 2KE_max /A^2

0.016
0.014

Kinetic Energy (J)

0.012
0.01
0.008
0.006

k= 2*0.016/(0.1)^2
k=3.2 N/m

0.004
0.002
0
-0.15

-0.1

-0.05

Displacement(m)

0.05

0.1

0.15

F=ma
ma=-kx
a=(-k/m)*x
Therefore the slope of this curve is -k/m
k=m*(64.51 /s^2)
k=0.05*(64.51)
k=3.23 N/m

Velocity (m/s) vs Time (s)

1
0.8
0.6

Velocity(m/s)

0.4
0.2
0
-0.2

0.5

1.5

-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1

Time (s)

Excel cannot sinusoidal curve fit (my students use software that can) so we resort to :
Maximum KE (J):
0.016
A=Maximum Displacment (m)
0.1
thus conservation implies
0.5*kA^2=KE_max
k= 2KE_max /A^2
k= 2*0.016/(0.1)^2
k=3.2 N/m

2.5