Experiment No: 01

Title:
Measurement of uncertainity in the value of “g”.
Place:
At BS block Natural Sciences QAU
Date:
06-04-2018
Time:
9.00-10.30AM
Temperature:
29 C
Wind Speed:
0 mph
Submission Date:
19-04-2018

Group B:
 Mohsin Waris
 Muhammad Sahil
 Hafiz Muhammad Shakir
Diagram:

Data Table:
Observations:
Length of pendulum = L = (1± 0.001) m
Number of oscillations = 10
Formula for g = 4𝝅2 L/ T2
Angles/(Degrees⁰) 10 15 20 30 45

Time period for 20 41.01 40.94 41.45 42.36 42.75

oscillations
(seconds) ; T20 39.74 41.03 41.53 42.61 42.56
40.32 41.12 41.86 42.43 42.83

Avg. time for T10 40.36 41.03 41.61 42.47 42.71

Time period of 1 2.02 2.05 2.08 2.12 2.14

oscillation ; T

g = 4𝝅2 L/ T2 9.68 9.39 9.13 8.78 8.62

Mean value of g ; gm (ms-2)

9.12

(g-gm) 0.56 0.27 0.01 -0.34 -0.50

(g-gm)2 0.31 0.07 0.0001 0.12 0.25

∑(g-gm)2 0.75

Standard deviation
√1/(5-1)∑(g-gm)2 0.57

Standard deviation = 0.57

Standard error =(𝑆. 𝐷)/ √5

 = 0.25

Conclusion:
The average value of g is measured as 9.12 m/s^2 with standard deviation of 0.57

Fractional uncertainty:-
It is the ratio of standard error to the best mean valkue.
F.U = δx/xbest
(where δx = standard error)
F.U = 0.25/9.12
F.U = 0.027
Percentage uncertainty = F.U * 100
= 0.027*100

%age uncertainty = 2.70%

Time Period VS Angle plot:-

Time Period
2.18
2.16
2.14
2.12
2.1
Time Period
2.08
Linear (Time Period)
2.06
2.04
2.02
2
0 10 20 30 40 50
Angle VS T2 plot:-

T*T
4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4
T*T
4.3
Linear (T*T)
4.2

4.1

4
0 10 20 30 40 50

Comparison with accepted value:-

Accepted value of g = 9.80345±0.0002
Measured value of g = 9.12000±0.25

10.2
10
9.8
9.6
9.4
9.2
Series1
9
8.8
8.6
8.4
8.2
Accepted Value Calculated value
Comparison with other groups:-

Groups Value of g
C 9.74±0.03
D 9.85±0.08
E 9.64±0.03
F 12.16±0.11
G 9.97±0.06
K 9.44±0.01

Calculated values
14

12

10

6 Calculated values

0
B C D E F G K