Describe the purpose of the project with writing something similar to it but without plagiarism. it is to take ideas. (Write a brief)
The main objective of this experiment was to verify the laws of Newtonian mechanics by building a bridge using the PASCO kit and calculating the forces (internal and external forces) acting on the bridge at every joint, and comparing it to the experimental value.
For the objective to be achieved, the total weight of the bridge was calculated by adding the weights of all components used to construct the bridge. This total weight was later used to calculate the internal and external forces, before which a free body diagram was drawn to determine at what angle forces were acting. Different cases were taken, such as no-load, load at one of the joints, and load at another joint. Then we compared the magnitude of the calculated compressive and tensile forces acting at different joints for all the cases with the experimental value.
The main findings of the experiment were that if there is no external load acting on the bridge, then the values of the forces acting on the bridge would be symmetrical (FAB = -4.01 N and FHI = -4.01, which are twin forces). In the second case, when there was a load, the values came out to be symmetrical as well, and when the load was acting at some distance from the end, then the values of the internal forces acting on that side of the bridge was greater than the other side. Moreover, since the calculated values were not far off the measured ones, it can be concluded that the objectives of this experiment were completely met.