EXPERIMENT NO.

MEASUREMENT OF WEIGHT AND PRESSURE

NAME Prado, Mon Patrick M. DATE PERFORMED July 10, 2017
Publico, Jerome R.
Rivera, Kristian Asterio R.
Rion, Daniel S.A.
SECTION 57045 DATE SUBMITTED July, 12 2017
GROUP # 5 INSTRUCTOR Engr. L.A. M. Olasiman

I. OBJECTIVE:

The activity aims to demonstrate the procedure in measuring the area of regular and
irregular shapes and sizes using planimeter.

II. LEARNING OUTCOME (LO):

The students shall be able to:

1. Measure the area of regular and irregular shape and size using digital and analog
planimeter.
2. Interpret data and relate result to governing scientific principle.
3. Develop professional work ethics, including precision, neatness, safety and ability to follow
instruction.

III. DISCUSSION:

A dead-weight piston gauge is used to introduce to students the principles of checking and
adjusting of manometers (calibrating principles). The pressure is applied via weights, which
are placed on a weight support. The latter has a piston which acts on hydraulic oil in a pipe
system, so that a manometer which is also connected to the system should indicate certain
pressures. The device contains a Bourdon spring manometer with a transparent dial. The
display mechanism and the various adjustment opportunities are therefore clearly identifiable.

Hydraulic oil is used to transfer pressure.

IV. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:

Equipment Quantity
Beaker 1
Rubber hose 2
Weights 4
Bourdon spring manometer 1
Piston 1
Cylinder 1
Vernier Caliper 1

V. PROCEDURE:
Safety Procedure:
The following safety procedures are met to avoid any untoward accidents
1. Laying out discarded papers on the table to absorb spilled oil
2. Identification of oil to be used
3. Prohibiting childish act or horse playing
4. Proper and isolated experimental set up

Experiment Procedure:
1. Attach the gage to the stem, B.
2. Select the weight and place it on the vertical piston, A.
3. Move the handle of the adjusting piston C to ensure that the weight and piston are
supported by oil, not bottom stop.
4. Spin the vertical piston to ensure it is floating freely.
5. Record the gage reading and the weight.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for increasing and decreasing weights for each gage. Be sure
to cover as much of the range of the gage that can be achieved with available weights.
 Figure 1 Materials and Set up

First, we put the palm oil inside the piston cylinder in order to fill the system with it make it sure theres
no air bubble residues which will affect the pressure, after that we calibrate the manometer to make sure it
will be accurate when measuring. And then put the piston inside the cylinder do this every trial add another
weight on the piston and you take the pressure that resulted from weight that was added every trial.

Figure 2 Data gathering

We gather the data based on the pressure of every liquids from the manometer note that the
manometer must be calibrated in order to have accurate measurements. And for Vernier caliper must
accurately measure the piston diameter and parameters.
 Figure 3. Computation

From the gathered data, we compute the pressure each and every liquid and repeat it after every
trial.
 VI. COMPUTATIONS:

Percentage of Correlation; % =

9.63 = 92.33 %
100
10.43
14.49 = 98.40 %
100
14.75
19.32 = 94.90 %
100
20.36
29.26 = 96.63 %
100
30.82
34.11 = 97.13 %
100
35.12

Theoretical Computed

= ; = +

= ; = ( )

Trial 1 0.9824 (9.8066 2 ) Trial 1

=
F=410002 ( 4 (0.0182 )
1 2


F =9.6340 N F= 10.43 N
Trial 2 1.47707 (9.8066 2 ) Trial 2
=
1 2
F=580002 ( 4 (0.0182 )

F=14.4850 N F= 14.7579 N
Trial 3 1.97 (9.8066 2 ) Trial 3
=
1 2

F=800002 ( 4 (0.0182 )

F= 19.31900 N F= 20.357 N
Trial 4 2.98387 (9.8066 2 ) Trial 4
=
1 2
F=1190002 ( 4 (0.0182 )

F= 29.262 N F= 30.282 N
Trial 5 3.4785 (9.8066 2 ) Trial 5
=
1 2



F=138000 2 ( 4 (0.0182 )
F= 34.112 N
F= 35.1167 N

VII. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS:

From trial 1, a pressure of 41 KN/m2 was observed upon adding mass onto the piston, for
trial 2 an additional weight was added and a pressure of 58 KN/m2 registered as the pressure being
applied, for trial 3 a pressure of 80 KN/m2 registered in the gauge upon adding up a different onto the
piston, for trial 4 a pressure of 119 KN/m2 registered upon adding a bigger weight compared to.the
weights addednin the previous trials, lastly trial 5 adding up all wegihts on lto the piston a pressure of
138 KN/m2

VIII. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:

Based from the results and discussion, it was clearly seen that each and everytime a weight
is being added onto the piston the pressure will proportionally increase, hence satisfying the formula
force over area

Upon the experiment, the equipment to be used wasnt calibrated to desired zero value
which took a lot of time to calibrate, another issue was the tubing where the oil was in and where the
pressure is to be subjected. we suggest that it should be replaced with a clearer tubing wherein
students ca address air bubbles within the tubing that will affect the experimental results and may
hamper the students understanding what happened within the experiment.
IX. RUBRICK:

MEETS BELOW
EXCEEDS EXPECTATION EXPECTATION EXPECTATION NOT ACCEPTABLE
CRITERIA
4 3 2 1

Demonstrate Occasionally Partially Do not

needed skills to demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate the
finish the task, needed skills to needed skills to needed skills to
able to set up finish the task, able finish the task and finish the task, do
the materials with to set up the able to set up not able to set
Laboratory without materials with the materials with up the materials
Skills supervision and minimum supervision, and do not follow
(30 %) always follow supervision, partially follows safety guidelines
safety guidelines occasionally safety guidelines during laboratory
during laboratory follows safety during laboratory performance.
performance. guidelines during performance.
laboratory
performance.
Professional Accurate Accurate Data are not
looking and representation of representation of shown OR are
accurate the data in tables the data in written inaccurate.
representation of and/or graphs. form, but no
the data in tables Graphs and tables graphs or tables No calculations
Data and and/or graphs. are labeled and are presented. are shown OR
Calculation Graphs and tables titled. results are
(20 %) are labeled and Some calculations inaccurate or
titled. Some calculations are shown and the mislabeled.
are shown and the results labeled
All calculations results are correct appropriately.
are shown and the and labeled
results are correct appropriately
and labeled
appropriately.
Analysis The relationship The relationship The relationship The relationship
between the between the between the between the
(20 %) variables is variables is variables is variables is not
discussed and discussed and discussed but no discussed.
trends/patterns trends/patterns patterns, trends or
logically analyzed. logically analyzed. predictions are
Predictions are made based on
made about what the data.
might happen if
part of the lab
 were changed or
how the
experimental
design could be
changed.
Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion No conclusion was
Conclusion includes whether includes whether includes what was included in the
(30 %) the findings the findings learned from the report OR shows
supported the supported the experiment. little effort and
hypothesis, hypothesis and reflection.
possible sources what was learned
of error, and what from the
was learned from experiment.
the experiment.

SCORE

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT AND SUGGESTION: