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    This document summarizes a lab experiment on the modes of vibration of a wire. [1] The experiment measured the fundamental frequency of a wire under tension and calculated its linear mass density. [2] Data on the wavelength and tension of the wire was collected for different masses and plotted on a graph to determine the gradient and calculate the linear mass density. [3] The linear mass density was found to be 1.41×10−5 kg/m.

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    This document summarizes a lab experiment on the modes of vibration of a wire. [1] The experiment measured the fundamental frequency of a wire under tension and calculated its linear mass density. [2] Data on the wavelength and tension of the wire was collected for different masses and plotted on a graph to determine the gradient and calculate the linear mass density. [3] The linear mass density was found to be 1.41×10−5 kg/m.

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    This document summarizes a lab experiment on the modes of vibration of a wire. [1] The experiment measured the fundamental frequency of a wire under tension and calculated its linear mass density. [2] Data on the wavelength and tension of the wire was collected for different masses and plotted on a graph to determine the gradient and calculate the linear mass density. [3] The linear mass density was found to be 1.41×10−5 kg/m.

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    PA1900 Lab Experiment 1

    Modes of Vibration

    Adli Abdoh

    Partner:

    Date performed: October 21, 2014 and October 23, 2014

    TA: Emma L.

    Abstract

    Insert abstract here

    Part 1
    We start with setting up the experiment as shown in the image
    below. Next the task was to measure the fundamental frequency of
    the wire corresponding to a maximum tension experienced (by the
    use of a 1000g weight).

    Fundamental frequency occurs at f = 54.00 0.01 Hz

    The next task was to determine the linear mass density of the wire.
    This can be done when we considered the equation given:

    n =
    T 1
    vn

    n= wavelengthof vibration
    Where T = tension of the wire
    linear mass density of thewire
    = v n=
    frequency of the vibrationthe wire

    We decided to calculate the mass density of the wire by rearranging


    the equation above to become:

    T =n2 v n2

    From the equation above we decided to observe how the


    wavelength changes as we decreased the tension in the string,
    keeping the frequency of the vibration constant. Once we obtain the
    values for the wavelengths, we plotted the graph of tension against
    wavelength squared to get a straight-line graph, shown below:

    The gradient of the graph will be n2 and since we know the


    value of the wavelength, we can easily calculate the linear mass
    density.

    Table 1
    Wavelength
    Load Length of
    Tension/N , n2 /m2
    Mass/kg wire/m
    /m
    1.00 9.18 1.00 2.00 4.00
    0.90 8.83 0.97 1.94 3.76
    0.80 7.85 0.90 1.80 3.24
    0.70 6.87 0.86 1.72 2.96
    0.60 5.89 0.78 1.56 2.43
    0.50 4.91 0.72 1.44 2.07
    0.40 3.92 0.65 1.30 1.69
    0.30 2.94 0.56 1.12 1.25
    0.20 1.96 0.47 0.94 0.88
    0.10 0.98 0.34 0.68 0.46

    From the graph above, we can calculate using R that the gradient of
    the line is 0.04069626

    n2 =0.04069626

    We already know that the fundamental frequency of the wire is 54


    Hz, this means that the linear mass density is:

    0.04069626 0.041
    =
    n2 54.002

    =1.41 105 kg m1

    Part 2.

    Note that the next part of this experiment was done on a different
    day, at a different table from the first part. This contributes to a
    significant amount of uncertainties, in particular, the type of wire
    will determine the

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