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I. Purpose
This lab will study friction and the
motion of an object on an inclined plane.
II. Background
Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows the configuration that
will be used in this experiment. An
object, m1, hangs by a string, which
passes over a pulley and is attached to
mass m2. One can analye the forces
acting on the masses and determine the
acceleration of the masses.
Figure ! shows the free body diagram
for each of the masses when m1 is
moving up, and the coordinate systems
that are used for each mass.
Figure !.
"n figure !,
F# is the force due to gravity.
F$ is the normal force
T is the tension due to m1
Ff is the force of friction
The e%uations for each mass follow from
Figure !. &e have for m1'
(1)
=
1 1
a m F
y
(!)
1 1 1
a m g m T =
For m2 we have'
(*)
=
! !
a m F
x
(+) ! ! !
sin a m g m F T
f
= +
,ince the masses are attached they will
have the same speed and acceleration.
Therefore we can write,
(-) a a a =
! 1
From e%uations (!), (+) and (-), it can be
shown that,
(.)
! 1
1 !
) sin (
m m
F m m g
a
f
+
=
On a separate page, starting from
e%uations (1) / (*), derive e%uation (.).
The force of friction is related to the
normal force through the e%uation,
(0) Ff=
FN,
where 1 is called the coefficient of
kinetic friction.
"n this lab, the predictions of e%uation
(.) will be compared to measurements.
y
m
!
m
1
T
T
F
G
1
F
G
2
F
N
F
f
x
y
m
!
m
1
III. Procedure
1. Measuring