Verifying F=ma

Authors

  • Sagarika Yagnyeshwaran Science & Engineering Magnet Program, Manalapan High School
  • Emily Chen Science & Engineering Magnet Program, Manalapan High School
  • Andrew Kabatsky Science & Engineering Magnet Program, Manalapan High School
  • Aleksandra Guimaraes Science & Engineering Magnet Program, Manalapan High School
  • Vijita Ayyangar Science & Engineering Magnet Program, Manalapan High School
  • Aryanna Cetrulo Science & Engineering Magnet Program, Manalapan High School

Keywords:

Newton's second law, force, mass, acceleration, Atwood machine, cart, pulley

Abstract

Newton’s second law is verified in this lab through the use of a cart and rail attached to a pulley system, tested with various masses on the cart and a constant hanging mass. Thus, if we know the force applied and the mass, we can use this equation to calculate the acceleration of an object. Conversely, if we can measure the acceleration and mass of an object, we can also compute the applied force. Our results were confirmed by the values obtained as a result of this experiment.

References

I. Newton, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (S. Pepys, London, 1687).

P. A. Tipler and G. Mosca, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th ed. (W H Freeman and Company, New York, 2004) .

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Published

2024-12-06

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024)

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Yagnyeshwaran, S., Chen, E., Kabatsky, A., Guimaraes, A., Ayyangar, V., & Cetrulo, A. (2024). Verifying F=ma. Journal of Science & Engineering , 1(1), 31-33. http://34.172.72.90/index.php/jse/article/view/16

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