OBJECTIVE :

 Identify the parts, use and operation of

the force table apparatus.
 FORCE TABLE
(Force Board)

Prepared by:

ALVEN M. REY
LNU MAEd (Nat. Sci.) Students
FORCE TABLE
• LABORATORY APPARATUS THAT
DEMONSTRATE THE CONCEPT OF ADDITION
OF FORCES ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FIELD.
ALLOWS USERS TO CALCULATE SUM VECTOR
FORCES FROM WEIGHTED CHORDS THAT
PULL A CENTRAL RING.
PARTS OF THE FORCE TABLE

Pulley

Chord

Pan
 SETTING UP THE FORCE TABLE
 Attach pulleys and clamps to the rim of the disk.

 Hang the chords over the pulley set the pin in

the middle of the ring.

 Hang the weights around the side of the Force

Table to make everything balance.
 EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

 Two forces are applied on the force table by

hanging masses over pulleys positioned at
certain angles. Then the angle and mass hung
over a third pulley are adjusted until it balances
the other two forces. This third force is called the
equilibrant since it is the force which establishes
equilibrium.
 EXAMPLE:

• Hang the following masses on two of the

pulleys and clamp the pulleys at the given
angles:
Force A = 50 g at 0°
Force B = 100 g at 120°
• By trial and error, find the angle for the third
pulley and the mass which must be
suspended from it that will balance the forces
exerted on the strings by the other two
masses