Using a mobile phone acceleration sensor in physics experiments on free and damped harmonic oscillations

We have used a mobile phone acceleration sensor, and the Accelerometer Monitor application for Android, to collect data in physics experiments on free and damped oscillations. Results for the period, frequency, spring constant, and damping constant agree very well with measurements obtained by other...

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Autores: Castro-Palacio, Juan Carlos|||0000-0002-0132-9989, Gimenez Valentin, Marcos Herminio, Monsoriu Serra, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-3350-7951, Velazquez Abad, Luisberis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/54285
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/54285
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:collections of physical data
computer aided instruction
computerised instrumentation
laboratories
mobile computing
mobile handsets
physics computing
physics education
sensors
student experiments
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Sumario:We have used a mobile phone acceleration sensor, and the Accelerometer Monitor application for Android, to collect data in physics experiments on free and damped oscillations. Results for the period, frequency, spring constant, and damping constant agree very well with measurements obtained by other methods. These widely available sensors are likely to find increased use in instructional laboratories.