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1C20.30: DYNAMICS TRACK - DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION

PURPOSE: To measure acceleration using two different procedures.

DESCRIPTION: The acceleration of the dynamics cart is measured using a computer data acquisition system and motion sensor. The output is a graph of the cart's acceleration from which you can do averaging, curvefitting, etc.

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EQUIPMENT: Dynamics track, Dynamics carts, Data acquisition system, Pulley, and Masses

SETUP TIME: 10 min.




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