A new method of measuring gravitational acceleration in an undergraduate laboratory program

Wang, Q; Wang, C; Xiao, Y; Schulte, J; Shi, Q

A new method of measuring gravitational acceleration in an undergraduate laboratory program

Wang, Q Wang, C Xiao, Y Schulte, J

Shi, Q

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Citation:: European Journal of Physics, 2018, 39 (1)
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Wang, Q	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wang, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Xiao, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schulte, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-8099	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shi, Q	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-07-28	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Physics, 2018, 39 (1)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0143-0807	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127199
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 European Physical Society. This paper presents a high accuracy method to measure gravitational acceleration in an undergraduate laboratory program. The experiment is based on water in a cylindrical vessel rotating about its vertical axis at a constant speed. The water surface forms a paraboloid whose focal length is related to rotational period and gravitational acceleration. This experimental setup avoids classical source errors in determining the local value of gravitational acceleration, so prevalent in the common simple pendulum and inclined plane experiments. The presented method combines multiple physics concepts such as kinematics, classical mechanics and geometric optics, offering the opportunity for lateral as well as project-based learning.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Physics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1088/1361-6404/aa83d5	en_US
dc.subject.classification	General Physics	en_US
dc.title	A new method of measuring gravitational acceleration in an undergraduate laboratory program	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	39	en_US
utslib.for	0203 Classical Physics	en_US
utslib.for	0204 Condensed Matter Physics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	39	en_US

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© 2017 European Physical Society. This paper presents a high accuracy method to measure gravitational acceleration in an undergraduate laboratory program. The experiment is based on water in a cylindrical vessel rotating about its vertical axis at a constant speed. The water surface forms a paraboloid whose focal length is related to rotational period and gravitational acceleration. This experimental setup avoids classical source errors in determining the local value of gravitational acceleration, so prevalent in the common simple pendulum and inclined plane experiments. The presented method combines multiple physics concepts such as kinematics, classical mechanics and geometric optics, offering the opportunity for lateral as well as project-based learning.

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