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Investigation on the effect of the stiffness of a spring on the oscillation period.
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PHYSICS COURSEWORK Investigation on the effect of the stiffness of a spring on the oscillation period. AIM To investigate how the stiffness of a spring effects the period. APPARATUS Clamp and stand, stopwatch, springs and mass (constant). METHOD A clamp and stand will be set up with a combination of springs attached to it and hanging from the set of springs will be a weight carrier. The weight carrier will hold the masses, and this mass will always be constant to make it a fair test because we are testing the springs not the weights. The springs are the variables. The spring combinations will be varied and this is so we can control the strain force exerted by the spring (stiffness). For example, two springs in parallel have got twice the amount of stiffness as a single spring with springs that have equal stiffness. This is because if two springs are in parallel then they each...
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