User's Manual

RMS/IDS Kit 012–06408A
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Question
1. The students data should show that the momentum of the cart equals the impulse of the
inelastic collision:
mv = Fdt
t
1
t
2
.
selected area for
integration value
Formula for smoothing data (set in the
Experimental Calculator):
Force = smooth(8,@A.Force)
Velocity = smooth(8,@1.linVel)
Time (s)
1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
maximum:
x = 2.5475, y = 53.1248
0 10 20 30 40 50
Run #1
sVel (cm/s)
Integration
area = 0.27073 N s
0 2.0 4.0 6.0
Run #1
sForce (N)
Experiment 2
Figure TN-2
Schematic representation of typical experimental data for Experiment 2 (data smoothed).
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Value for integration under the selected
portion of the Force curve: 0.27 N s
mass of cart = 0.5 kg
V
max
= 0.54 m/s
momentum = mv = 0.27 kg m/s (N s)
Listed below are some typical results for
Experiment 2.
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