MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Physics

E101: RESOLUTION OF FORCES

AMOR, Dana Rose Y.

2015105633 BSChE-2 Group 3
PHY10L-A2

SCORE:

Group Report (/40):

Analysis and Conclusion (/40):

Presentation (/20):

TOTAL

Engr. Ericson D. Dimaunahan

Instructor
October 25, 2016
ANALYSIS
During the experiment, the students were not able get the ring to be exactly
on the center due to lack of cylindrical weights. Thus, the data gathered has
a high percent error. Excluding the problem mentioned before, there were
no problems throughout the experiment. The design of the experiment does
help meet the objectives, relate to the topic and illustrate the discussed
concepts.

In conducting the experiment, 3 given forces acted upon the ring by using
gravity and weights that are attached on the string. The 4th force, the
equilibrant, is to be identified by centering the ring. The 4th force is identified
as equilibrant because centering the ring implied that the sum of the forces
acting upon it is zero. Since the objective is to find the resultant, eq.1 will be
applied.

𝑅⃗ = −𝐸⃗ (eq.1)

For the first trial, the data gathered are on table 1 and the actual result is on
the fig. 1. As for the second data, the data gathered are on table 2 and the
actual result is on the fig. 2. Both figures show that the ring is not centered
which means the actual data is not the true value. There are small differences
between the values obtained by each method. There might be observable
differences on the resultant of each method but they are relatively close.
 Fig. 1 Fig. 2

Table 1
TRIAL 1
Actual R = F4 = 140 g Actual Ɵ = 275 ˚
Computed Polygon Percentage Error Component Percentage Error
Values Method (polygon) Method (Component Method)
R 144 g 2.7778% 142.3467 g 1.6486%
Ɵ 272.5 ˚ 0.9174% 273.4095 ˚ 0.5817%

Table 2
TRIAL 1
Actual R = F4 = 55 g Actual Ɵ = 17 ˚
Computed Polygon Percentage Error Component Percentage Error
Values Method (polygon) Method (Component Method)
R 56 g 1.7857% 57.4949 g 4.3393%
Ɵ 17.5 ˚ 2.8571% 17.1393 ˚ 0.8128%
CONCLUSION
The experiment portrayed that the state of equilibrium is when the ring on
the force table is centered. The experiment also differentiated the resultant
from the equilibrant through the data gathered. In the experiment, the
resultant force of concurrent forces was determined by analytical and
graphical method.

It can also be concluded that the data on the force table confirmed that
analytical method and component method can be used to determine
resultants but not as accurate as the actual resultant.

The experiment proved that the equilibrant makes the forces acting upon
the object is zero which makes it in a state of equilibrium.