Simple Harmonic Oscillation of a

Hanging Mass attached to a Spring

Aylinn Avila
PHYS 2126(16486)
02/22/22
 I. Objective: to determine the spring constant of a given spring and
the value of unknown masses.
II. Equipment: online - simulation

III. Theory:

IV. Procedure:
- Slow spring down and add the movable line to the very top of the
hanging mass
- Within 20 oscillations time them twice for each mass
- Find the slope for the graph by finding k which is the spring constant
 - For the unknown masses we take 20 oscillations twice with the same
procedures as the last ones
- To figure out the unknown masses use the original graph to help find
their values.

V. Data:

Part 1: & Part 2:

M (kg) 20 T1 20 T2 T= 20T1 + 20T2 T^2

20

0.050 kg 8.08 s 8.16 s 0.812 0.659 sec^2

0.100 kg 8.10 s 9.01 s 0.855 0.731 sec^2
0.250 kg 9.45 s 10.20 s 0.982 0.964 sec^2

MR 12.11 s 12.79 s 1.245 1.550 sec^2

MB 11.36 s 11.45 s 1.140 1.299 sec^2
VI. Conclusion/Questions:

1. We do 20 oscillations because we are trying to get the most accurate

value of time each oscillation takes.
2. In order to find the new unknown masses we use the original graph to
determine their values meaning we have to use the same strength.

Slope: y = 38.76x - 0.714 MR = 0.270 MB = 0.305