Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Determining the acceleration due to gravity by using simple pendulum.
Member rating:
(3 votes)
| Words:
| Submitted: Mon Apr 05 2004
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
INTRODUCTION My investigation is on determining the acceleration due to gravity by using simple pendulum. Also the G apparatus (freely falling mass) can be used to determine the acceleration due to gravity. What is acceleration due to gravity? It is the force or pull of the gravity of the earth according to Newton's first law a=F/m Objects accelerate because spacetime moves past them. The surface of the earth accelerates upwards at the rate of about 10 m/s2 with respect to spacetime. We have been told that the acceleration due to gravity of earth is 9.81 m/sē or g= 9.81 m/sē, however, due to myriad of factors, g in one place differs slightly to other, as u increase the altitude the g decreases. PLAN My plan for this investigation is to perform various experiment the determine acceleration due to gravity such as the pendulum, free falling object which is the g apparatus and also by AIM ...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 149,268 others
