Refernce

Projectile Motion is a special case of two-dimensional motion. It is special because, while the projectile
is airborne, the only external force on it is that due to gravity. Gravity is the only considered external
force acting on it while an object is airborne. As fired at an angle, it is influenced by its horizontal inertia
and vertical gravity. The projectile creates a parabolic curve. The curved path is known as the trajectory
Projectile is the moving body in this kind of motion. It refers to any object thrown, launched or
otherwise projected so that once released, if air resistance is neglected, its path is affected only by the
Earth’s gravity. We are assuming here that there is no or very little air resistance. The equations of
motion for one dimension are also valid for two dimensions. To simplify our analysis, we will resolve the
position, velocity, and acceleration into horizontal and vertical components. Because these components
are perpendicular, they are independent to each other. In this experiment we will analyse the motion of
a projectile. Specifically, we will be able to explain the effects of variable launch angles and initial speeds
to the position of the projectile along the x-axis and y-axis. The objective of this experiment is to analyse
the motion of projectile and to compare the ranges of projectiles launched at different angles. In this,
the explanation on the effects of variable launch angles and initial speeds to the positions of the
projectile along the x-axis and y-axis will be obtained. The restrictions of this experiments is to never aim
the projectile launcher to any person or breakable objects and to make sure that the launcher’s base is
securely clamped to the iron stand. A projectile is an object launched with a certain initial speed at an
angle. The path of the motion, called the trajectory, is a parabolic curve. Once the projectile is

launched, the only force affecting its motion would be gravity. Since gravity acts along the y-axis, there is
no force on the projectile along the x-axis. From Newton’s first Law of Motion, it states that an object
will continue to a straight line with constant velocity if there is no external factor that will cause its stop
or change its direction. If an object is fired in horizontal orientation, the object will go in to the direction
perfectly with constant velocity. It is also called the “free-way path.” From Newton’s second law of
motion, this means that the vertical motion of the projectile is accelerated due to gravity. The motion of
the projectile is simply that of a body in free fall. The horizontal motion, in the absence of a force along
the x-axis, is uniform with constant velocity. As to consider gravity as external force acting on the object
and a factor to change the state of the object, the motion creates a trajectory or simply a projectile
motion. Since gravity is force downward, the object fired on the straight line or in angle, ϴ, will tend to
go to the direction of the force downward.

he maximum vertical distance reached by the projectile, ymax launched at 30o is the product of the
projectile at 60o times tan2(30). That is. Another relationship is that the sum of the ymax of both
projectile equals the square of the initial velocity, Vo divided by twice the acceleration due to gravity.
That is . And yes, this correlation will always coincide with the theory as long as we are comparing
projectiles that are launched in angle complements. This will hold true because by virtue of
mathematical derivations we can have the following relationship k and their sum S as: o o o 3. List down
the possible sources of errors in this experiment. Possible errors could have come from human technical
errors in measurement, rounding off values, estimation of the exact measurement of
displacement/distances and calibration of inclination for the projectile launcher.

) the distance the ball travels in the X -direction is

directly proportional to the time of flight, which is due to the fact that there is no force acting upon

the ball in that direction, and (2) the distance the ball travels in the Y -direction is proportional

to the square of the time-of-flight, with the proportionality constant equal to one half of the

gravitational acceleration

Conclusion

So, basically the experiment was done to determine the launch velocity and we came to
conclude that it is affected by the angle at which we shot the ball or any other projectile motion.

projectiles travel with a parabolic trajectory due to the fact that the downward force of gravity
accelerates them downward from their otherwise straight-line, gravity-free trajectory. This
downward force and acceleration results in a downward displacement from the position that the
object would be if there were no gravity. The force of gravity does not affect the horizontal
component of motion; a projectile maintains a constant horizontal velocity since there are no
horizontal forces acting upon it.

The objective of this experiment is to analyse the motion of projectile In this, the explanation on the
effects of variable launch angles and initial speeds to the positions of the projectile along the x-axis and
y-axis will be obtained.