[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]

Revised 01/21/2020

Physics 2215 Laboratory Equipment List

Lab 8: Simple Harmonic Motion

Full Simple Harmonic Mortion Setup

Equipment List:

  1. LabPro Interfacewith:
    • Motion Detector(DIG/SONIC 1) with:
      • Motion Detector Cord
      • Motion Detector Clamp
    • Force Sensor (Vernier)(ANALOG CH1)
  2. Large Table Clamp
  3. 6ft Rod
  4. 30cm Rod
  5. Right Angle Clamp
  6. Brass Helical Spring
  7. 1-meter Stick
  8. 30cm Metric Ruler
  9. 50g Mass Hanger
  10. Mass Set with the following masses:
    • 1 x 10g Mass
    • 2 x 20g Mass
    • 2 x 50g Mass
    • 1 x 100g Mass
    • 2 x 200g Mass
    • 1 x 500g Mass
  11. 9x9 Plastic Sail

Notes and Tests:

  1. Place the spring on the hook of the force probe. Attach the 50g mass hanger with sail to the bottom of the spring. Open the 2nd file in the 2215 Lab 8 folder. Click "Collect" and make the hanger and sail start bouncing up and down. As the mass hanger moves back and forth, the force and position data will be recorded on the graphs. If you are not getting smooth curves for the position make sure the hanger is positioned directly over the motion detector. Push and pull on the force sensor to make sure it is registering correctly.
  2. R.I.P. Hot Lava Game :(

Transition Notes: (Summer Only)

  1. Nothing from the previous lab gets left out
  2. Look for balls around the room, and make sure none are still in guns.
  3. Sweepy sweepy.
Objects subject to Left/Right Reflection

Some items may look slightly different, please refer to the above list to find them.

Additional Images below:

The motion detector is attached just off the corner of the lab table with the large clamp attached to the perpendicular side.

How to attach the large clamp and motion detector to the table

Force Sensor(D4.1)