EXPERIMENT N°: 01-03 DATE: 04/09/2022

Physics Lab Report

NAME OF THE EXPERIMENT: Exp. 01 – Part 03 – Mechanics of Machinery

NAME OF THE STUDENT : Belén Bustamante

CAREER: Industrial engineering

SCORE:
 Coefficient of static friction

V. Data
After putting all of the factors in their respective position, we began to trade
slowly the perspective of inclination, making the object, in its difficult part, keep up a
correspondence with the floor. Then we recorded the consequences on the following
desk:

α Angle
α1 24°
α2 26°
α3 24°
α4 25°
α5 25°

We changed the location of the object, so its non-hard part made touch with
the surface. Then we commenced to change slowly the attitude of inclination again
and recorded the results on the following desk
α Angle
α1 20°
α2 20°
α3 21°
α4 20°
α5 20°

Eventually, we trade the surface region which makes touch with the floor and
recorded the following records
α Angle
α1 22°
α2 19°
α3 21°
α4 20°
α5 21°
 VI. Analysis:
With a purpose to calculate the coefficient of static friction, for each set of
test, we want to calculate an average of the perspective of inclination wherein the
block started its motion, after which follow the system to find the value of the
coefficient of static friction
1- α_avg=24+26+24+25/5= 24.8° α_avg= (20+20+21+20+20)/5= 20.2°

So, now we can apply the formula:

 Formula:
𝐹𝑠 𝑚𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛α𝑎𝑣𝑔
𝜇𝑠 = = = 𝑡𝑎𝑛α𝑎𝑣𝑔
𝑁 𝑚𝑔𝑐𝑜𝑠α𝑎𝑣𝑔

1- μ_s=tan(24.8°) 2- μ_s=tan(20.2°)
μ_s=0.3679 μ_s=0.4621

The coefficient of static friction doesn’t rely upon the mass of the object or on
the surface vicinity of the object, it simplest depends on the fabric of the block that
makes touch with the floor, due to the fact that characteristic is what define the
perspective at which the object starts offevolved to move.

VII. Conclusion:

On this experiment we proved that friction is crucial in our everyday motion

because without it, all people in motion will now not stop because a friction is a force
that opposes motion, we defined 2 styles of friction that's static and kinetic.

We were able to see how the weight of an object affects its friction, measure
its coefficients, and decipher is the weight affects the coefficient. We were able to do
all of these things and come up with a solid conclusion in the end. We were able to see
 through the use of F=umg, that the weight of the object didn’t matter in finding its
coefficient.

PULLEYS SYSTEM

V. Data
a) Decomposition of pulley block

Set α Magnitude of the tensile force Weight of the block

1 24° 0.5886 N 1.5 N
2 33° 0.7848 N 1.5 N
3 15° 0.3924 N 1.5 N

b) Single and Movable pulley

Set Downward force Magnitude on the spring scale

1 0.981 N 0.539 N
2 1.569 N 0.784 N

VI. Analysis:
a) Decomposition of pulley block
In order to analyse the results, we discomposed the forces acting on the block.
We know that in order to have a state of equilibrium in the system, the net force
acting on the object in the x-axis and in the y-axis need to be zero. So, in this
experiment we know that the object only can move in the x-axis because the normal
 force and the force that the object exerts on the surface are equal, so, the force that
determine the movement or note of the block, is the tensile force and the angle of
inclination of the block.

b) Single and movable pulley

The small variation in the obtained result and the theorical result could be
explained as being due to the low precision of the elements used, for example, the
weights and the metal mass hanger does not have exactly 20 grams of weight or maybe
the spring scale does not accurately represent the magnitude of the force.

VII. Conclusion:

The mechanical advantage of that pulley arrangement, then the mechanical advantage of
any pulley arrangement can be proven to exist and it will be independent of the mass of the
object being raised and will be independent of the distance (height) by which the object is
raised.