UNIFORM

CIRCULAR

MOTION

LAB

REPORT
TEACHER : MS.SUSANA
SUBJECT : PHYSICS
BY PANUPONG NANNAPHAT
NATHAWADEE ARJAREE
1102 
INTRODUCTION
Uniform circular motion can be described as the motion of

an object in a circle at a constant speed - it occurs when an

object turns about an internal axis, it is undergoing circular

motion or rotation. The circular motion is characterized by

two kinds of speeds; tangential (or linear) speed and

rotational (or circular) speed. While the distance traveled by

a point on the rotating object divided by time taken to travel

that distance known as tangential speed and the number of

rotations or revolutions per unit of time describes rotational

speed. An object moving in a circle is accelerating.

Accelerating objects are objects which are changing their

velocity - either the speed or the direction. An object

undergoing uniform circular motion is moving with a constant

speed. Nonetheless, it is accelerating due to its change in

direction. The direction of the acceleration is inwards. The

animation at the right depicts this by means of a vector

arrow. this can be related to rotational inertia.

The final motion characteristic for an object undergoing

uniform circular motion is the net force. The net force acting

upon such an object is directed towards the center of the

circle. The net force is said to be an inward or centripetal

force; any force directed toward a fixed center which

depends on mass object, tangential speed of the object, and

radius of the circle.

OBJECTIVE
We want to know the centripetal force of the object moving

in a circular path. So we will spin a object in a circular path

and have a weight pulling it down. When we spin the object,

the object that spin will pull up the weight that pulling

down. If we spin it steady, the weight will also pull up steady

too. This will prove an existence of the centripetal force that

pull the weight up.

MATERIALS / SETUP
1. Plastic tube

2. Weight hanger

3. String (rope)

4. Weight ball
PROCEDURE
1. Measure the mass (m) of the tiny metal disk.

2. Pass the string through the tube and attach the disk on

the top of the tube

3. Hang a hooked mass (M) of 175g on the other end of the

string.

4. Hold the tube vertical and swing the disk in the circular

path in a horizontal plane.

5. Adjust the speed of rotation of the disk and the radius so

that the hooked mass is just supported by string.

6. Start the motion with the tube at arm’s length and above

the head.

7. Count and record the number of revolution in 30 seconds.

8. Grasp the string at the bottom of the tube to mark the

position of the string while the disk is moving. Measure the

distance (r) from the top of the tube to the center of the

disk.

9. Change the radius (r) of rotation. Use Smaller or larger

one.

10. Repeat steps 3-9 using hooked mass of 200g. 

ANALYSIS OF RESULT
Based on our data and results, the effect of radius on the

velocity is when the radius increase, the velocity also

increase too. This happen because the centripetal force

formula is (mv2/r) and when the radius increase the velocity

need to increase too, to keep up the force of 1000 dyne to

balance the weight. The effect of radius and the centripetal

acceleration are inversely proportional. When the radius is

increased, the centripetal acceleration will decrease too,

according to the centripetal acceleration formula v2/r. The

last one - effect of speed on centripetal force - is when the

speed increase, the centripetal force also increase. The

centripetal force formula are mv2/r. So when the v increase

the force will increase.

The centripetal force and the hook mass are comparable.

the centripetal force have to be more than the weight so it

won’t fall down.

ANALYSIS OF RESULT
When we swang a metal object at the end of a sting in a

circular path, the force go outside of the object and the

rope pull it back.

If the string that holds the whirling metal objects in its

circular path breaks,the absence of force causes the metal

object to move in a straight line path according to Newton’s

first law.

The key ideas behind motion in a circular path with constant

speed are described in velocity, Acceleration and force.

First, the velocity of the spinning object aren’t constant,

velocity is speed with direction and when the object move in

circular path, the direction always change

Next, acceleration; the object will accelerate to the middle

point because the object

move circularly. And the last one, force, the force will exert

to the middle as well as the acceleration which will cause

the object moving circularly.

 CONCLUSION
In this lab, we see the existence of the centripetal force

when the object move in a circular path. We see that the

metal was pulled up and stayed in the way when we spin the

object, so we know that centripetal force pull it up.

REFERENCES
Physicsclassroom. (2018, January 29). Uniform Circular

Motion. Retrieved from

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/circmot/ucm.cf

WORKLOG
DATA AND RESULT
CALCULATION