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Simple Harmonic Motion is Observed through Webcam

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Webcams are easily available and cheap every-day use items. This innovative experiment uses a webcam to monitor the oscillations of a body attached to a spring, negotiating simple harmonic motion. The effect of the viscous force of a liquid on the damping of the harmonic motion is also investigated.

Software Code Harmonic
Sample Results Undamped
Damped
Troubleshoot Guide No Image acquisition adapter available
Experiment Code 1.1
Version 5th April 2023, 2023-v1

Further Readings and References

  • Webcam as a measuring tool in the undergraduate physics laboratory
    European Journal of Physics,http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0143-0807/20/2/004/pdf, L.F. Zonnetti et al., 85, 20, (1999).
  • A demonstration of dry and viscous damping of an oscillating pendulum
    European Journal of Physics,http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0143-0807/27/5/020/meta;jsessionid=64F04430A40CB697A44943AC970E3826.c3, S. Nedev, V.C. Ivanova, 1213, 27, (2006).

Pictorial Procedure

1. Provided apparatus

1. Provided apparatus

2. Webcam

2. Webcam

3. A spring attached to the metre rule

3. A spring attached to the metre rule

4. Attaching a mass hanger to the spring

4. Attaching a mass hanger to the spring

5. Adding weight in a mass hanger

5. Adding weight in a mass hanger

6. Setup for observing free oscillations

6. Setup for observing free oscillations

7. Your M-files must be in the current directory of MATLAB

7. Your M-files must be in the current directory of MATLAB

8. Image view for free oscillations

8. Image view for free oscillations

9. Placing mass-spring system into water

9. Placing mass-spring system into water

10. Setup for damped oscillations

10. Setup for damped oscillations

11. Image view for damped oscillations

11. Image view for damped oscillations

12. Cropped image view

12. Cropped image view

13. Image processing view

13. Image processing view

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