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5th October 2016

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Laboratory Practical Title

Friction

Laboratory / Practical Report Book

Instructional Offering
Mechanics of Machines 1
Subject Code
MEC111

Mark Allocation
Title
Weighting (%)
Mark Allocated
General Quality of Report
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1.0 / 2.0 Aim/Objective and Apparatus
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3.0 Method
5
4.0 Theory
10
5.0 Results, Tables, Graphs, Sketches
30
6.0 Discussion/ Conclusion
30
7.0 Bibliography
10

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Contents
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2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0

AIM/OBJECTIVE.....................................................................................................1
APPARATUS............................................................................................................1
METHOD.................................................................................................................1
THEORY..................................................................................................................1
RESULTS.................................................................................................................2
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION.................................................................................3
BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................................................................3

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1.0 AIM/OBJECTIVE

Angle of Repose

To determine the coefficient of friction between various materials.

2.0 APPARATUS
Adjustable plane; sliders with various types of material on the sliding surface; weight hanger; string;
protractor; spirit level; pulley; scale and slotted weights.
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3.0 METHOD
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6

3.7

Place the slider on the horizontal plane and attach the string to it.
Pass the string over the pulley and attach the hanger to the end of the string.
Add just enough weights to the hanger so that the slider moves slowly with constant velocity.
Weigh the hanger complete with weights.
Repeat the above steps with additional weights packed on the slider
Determine the angle of repose of the slider alone by placing it on the inclined plane and
increasing the angle till the slider just moves down the plane with constant velocity. (The
slider must not have weights packed on it nor must it have a string attached for this part of
the experiment)
Repeat steps 3.1-3.8 with two different sliders materials

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The forces applied on the slider are shown in Figure01.
Load of Slider
Weight of Slider

Pulling Force
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4.0 THEORY

Angle of Repose

4.1

Significance of the Angle of Repose

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4.2

The change in coefficient of friction when the normal force between friction surfaces
is changed
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surfaces is changed delete this text in your report]

4.3

Smooth Surface
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4.4

Laws of Friction
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5.0 RESULTS
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The Nylon Slider results are summarized in Table01
Table01. Nylon Slider Summarized Results
Slider Material
Nylon
Weight of
Slider [g]

Angle of Repose
Xx Degree
Coefficient of friction calculated from angle of repose xx
Load on
Slider [g]

Total normal force

between slider and
plane [g]

Pulling force [g]

Coefficient of
friction calculated

Calculated

Data Collected

Calculated

Data
Collected

Data Collected

The Wooden Slider results are summarized in Table02

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Table02. Wooden Slider Summarized Results

Slider Material
Angle of Repose
Wooden Slider
Xx Degree
Coefficient of friction calculated from angle of repose xx
Weight of
Slider [g]

Load on
Slider [g]

Total normal force

between slider and
plane [g]

Pulling force [g]

Coefficient of
friction calculated

The Laminated Wooden Slider results are summarized in Table03

Table03. Laminated Wooden Summarized Results
Slider Material
Angle of Repose
Laminated Wooden
Xx Degree
Coefficient of friction calculated from angle of repose xx
Weight of
Slider [g]

Load on
Slider [g]

Total normal force

between slider and
plane [g]

Pulling force [g]

Coefficient of
friction calculated

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6.0 DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
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6.1

DISCUSSION
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CONCLUSION
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7.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Comfort A. A good age. London: Mitchell Beazley; 1997.

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