LAB 6 - Ballistic Pendulum

PHYS 1570 – LAB 6 BALISTIC PENDULUM Name of Students 1. Sergio Villegas 2. Oscar Hernandez 3. Daniel Loera _____________________________________________________________________________________ A. Projectile caught by a pendulum Mass of projectile m [kg] 66.08g Mass of pendulum M [kg] 249.4g Distance R [m] Trial number Value 0.245m 1 24.5 0.245m 2 24.5 0.245m 3 24.5 0.245m 4 24.5 0.245m 5 24.5 0.245 m 6 24.5 Average distance R [m] 1.47m Table 1: Preliminary data acquisition table Trial number Angular deviation θ [degree] Initial velocity v 1 [m/s] 1 38 11.8 2 37 11.5 3 37.5 11.6 4 37 11.5 5 38 11.8 6 37.5 11.6 Average v 1 37.5 11.6 Standard deviation σ 0.447 0.141 Standard error ε 0.224 0.0705 Table 2: Initial velocity of the projectile from the pendulum method. B. Projectile motion H eight of ball fr o m gro und y : 102.8 m Trial number Shooting range x Initial velocity v 2