Mechanics > Linear Momentum > Impulse DCS# 0

FALLING CHAIN


APPARATUS
laptop LoggerPro 202
force sensor 101-05-B2
hanging pan 108A
chain or rope 101-02


DESCRIPTION
Hold the chain so that the bottom is just above the pan.  Release it while plotting force vs. time.  Graph should be parabolic, since F(t) = 3(m/L)g2t2, though the pan oscillates and somewhat obscures this.  The maximum force at the end of the fall should be 3x the weight of the chain.

 
NOTES

Zero the force sensor with pan hanging from it.