Physics Cantilever Lab

Independent Assessment Physics Lab (SL): Cantilever Flexion Cherno Okafor Mr. Ebrahimi SPH4U7 October 21st, 2012 Introduction Purpose: The purpose of this Physics Lab is to investigate what factors determine the amount of flexion of the cantilever. Hence, the objective is to establish a relationship between the length of a cantilever, which may give some insight into the physics of cantilevers. Hypothesis: If one increases the length of a cantilever, one would expect there to be an increase in deflection/flexion of the cantilever.Similarly, if one increases the mass of the load, one would expect there to be an increase in the deflexion/flexion of the cantilever. In addition, I predict that proportionality will also occur between the independent and dependent variables. If the length of the cantilever doubles, it is expected that the flexion/deflexion would also double. Similarly, if the mass of the load doubles, the deflexion/flexion would also double. Variables: In this investigatio n, I chose two variables: the length of the cantilever and the mass of the load.First, I chose to measure the effect of the length of the cantilever on its deflection when loaded with a constant mass because I knew from prior experience that there was some relationship between the two variables. * Independent Variable: The length of the cantilever in metres, which will be varied by changing the length of the yardstick functioning as a cantilever that extends over the edge of a table. This will be measured indirectly by measuring the length of the portion of the yardstick not in use and subtracting that from the entire length of the yardstick.The other independent variable is the mass loaded onto the cantilever, which will be controlled by initially using the same mass for each trial, then for the second part, changing the mass of the load by increasing and decreasing the mass, and subsequently investigating what the relationship is between load mass and cantilever length. The initia l location of the mass in relation to the entire yardstick will be controlled by placing the mass at the same end of the yardstick for each trial and marking the flexion/deflexion. Dependent Variable: The deflection/flexion of the cantilever in metres. This will be measured indirectly by measuring the initial height of the bottom of the cantilever with no mass added (which is equal to the height of the table) and the new height of the bottom of the cantilever after each trial, which will be measured with mass added. Hence, the difference between these heights is equal to the deflection/flexion of the cantilever. The material and other physical properties of the cantilever will be controlled by using the same yardstick as a cantilever for each trial.Data Collection and Processing My experiment is divided into two parts; experiment A (involving the relationship between flexion and the mass of the load) and experiment B (involving the relationship between the flexion and the length of the cantilever). Below are two tables in which I have recorded the data which I obtained during the experiment. The first table reflects the Relationship between the deflection/flexion of the cantilever and the mass of the load and the second table reflects the relationship between the flexion of the cantilever and the length of the cantilever. i) Relationship between the deflection/flexion of the cantilever and the load mass (5 trials) Table #1-Experiment A Factor/Variable| Trial 1| Trial 2| Trial 3| Trial 4| Trial 5| Trial 6| Trial 7| Trial 8| Trial 9| Trial 10| Trial 11| Load (g)| 0| 100| 200| 300| 400| 500| 600| 700| 800| 900| 1000| Without Load (cm)| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| 96| With Load (cm)| 96| 92. 7| 90| 87. 6| 85| 82. 2| 79. 5| 77| 74. 6| 71. 5| 69. 5| Flexion (cm)| 0| 3. 3| 6| 8. 4| 11| 13. 8| 16. 5| 19| 21. 4| 24. 5| 26. 5| Now, I will graph this relation:We can see that there is a linear relationship between flexion and the load mass. (ii) Relationship b etween the deflection/flexion and the length of the cantilever (5 trials) Table #2- Experiment B Factor/Variable| Trial 1| Trial 2| Trial 3| Trial 4| Trial 5| Trial 6| Trial 7| Trial 8| Trial 9| Trial 10| Length of cantilever (cm)| 90| 80| 70| 60| 50| 40| 30| 20| 10| 0| Height without Load (cm)| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| 95. 5| Height with Load (cm)| 69. 5| 76. 5| 82. 5| 87. 4| 90. 9| 93. 2| 94. 5| 95. 5| 95. | 95. 5| Flexion (cm)| 26| 19| 13| 8. 1| 4. 6| 2. 3| 1| 0| 0| 0| Now I will graph this relation: We can see that there is an exponential/power relationship (curved) between the flexion and the cantilever length. Analyzing Evidence Patterns: 1) In experiment A, the relationship between the flexion and the load is proportional as predicted. As the load increases, the flexion increases as well. As the load doubles from 200g to 400g, the deflection almost doubles too. 2) In experiment B, the deflection increases as the length of the cantilever i ncreases.But this time, it reaches a point (20cm, 10cm, 0cm) where the deflection stays the same even if the cantilever length changes. Conclusion and Evaluation Conclusion: The experimental results agree with my prediction/hypothesis because I predicted that in experiment A, the deflection is proportional to the mass of the load. In experiment B, I predicted that flexion/deflexion would increase as the length of the cantilever increases. As the load and the length of the cantilever increases, then the deflection/flexion increases.This happens because of forces acting on the particles in the cantilever. At the top of the cantilever, particles are pulled apart proportionately to the load because they are in tension. The forces between particles increase. However, the attractive force is bigger than the repelling force in the particles so therefore, the particles are held together. The particles at the bottom will be pushed together proportionately to the load because they are in comp ression. The forces get larger and the repelling force which is bigger pushes the particles away from each other.So they are not disordered. We can also say that they obey Hooke’s law. Evaluation: From the results that I got after performing the experiment, I can say that the experiment worked quite well. In the analyzing evidence section, I can draw the conclusion that the first table reflects a linear straight line graph and the second table reflects a curved graph. On this basis, I can say that the experiment worked out pretty well. I think the data I obtained was accurate since I did indeed try to graph these relationships.A possible improvement to this experiment should be repeating the experiment twice or more if possible. Then I would get the average results in a table and in this way, my results would be even more accurate. General Conclusion: The general conclusion we can draw from this experiment is that as the mass that we put on the cantilever increases, the defle ction increases too until the elastic point is reached where the cantilever cannot hold any more masses so it breaks. Also, we can see from the second graph that the larger the length of the cantilever, the large the flexion is.

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Definition and Examples of Baby Talk

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Being in Australia GST is applicable; the company is required to meet the requirement of GST provisions as well. Further, they are required to meet out the requirements of intellectual property rights as well. Understanding external environment factor Political The few of the political factor which created impact over the company working is importance of material sectors to the economy and in the country economy and level or corruption especially in relation to the wholesale sector. Economic The economic factor include the rate of inflation, interest rate, exchange rate, economic cycle and the demand and supply in the economy Social factor The external environment also include Demographic and skill level of the population and the hierarchy and power structure in the society. Also the culture, attitude and leisure interest create the impact over the company working. 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Threat of new entrance The new entrant in the market bring innovation and new ways of doing business. Supplier power The bargaining power of the supplier has turned down to be a threat for the profit making of the company. With increasing competition the profits of the company has started being reducing. Threat of substitute Online sites like Amazon has turn out to be a big threat for the management of the company. Rivalry among the competitor The company is a leader in mid priced departmental stores in the country. Is facing stiff competition from the competitors but still the company is able to resist in the market. Bargain power of the Buyer The management needs to work to build the large customer base as the demand of the buyer is continuously changing and create huge impact over the company working. Other external factor The company also needs to examine the change in the other external factor such as interest rate, inflation and currency revaluation and general economic condition. The change in the interest rate will lead to increase in the company cost of working. Also the rise in inflation in the country in which the company operates has huge impact over the demand of the company. So the company needs to exercise check over all these external factor to smoothly conduct the company operation. Understanding the objective, strategy and assessing the business risk The primary objective of Target Limited is to provide satisfactory return to the shareholders. The company is focusing on dealing in an ethical way to build trust with the customer. The management of Target Limited is focusing on being open and honest in reporting feedback and ideas (King, et. al., 2011). The company is delegate all the authority and decision making to various divisions for the purpose of protecting and anything communication. The company is ready to make bold decision in order to attain growth and sustainability and create the environment free from fear and blame. The core attribute of the target Limited is to check that each of the business of the company operates with the high degree of autonomy. The company is focusing on its employee by hiring outstanding people and utilizing their talent to attain success. Also the company is working to create a culture which promotes innovative idea and strategy for creating value of the business (da Silva, 2012). The Target Limited is seeking to create the culture that encourages innovation and creativity for the purpose of increasing value of the company in the market. Also the companies effectively meeting is social responsibility and respects the customer, employees, suppliers and other group by providing safe workplace. The target company is working on stronger financial position to provide comparative cost and assess the capital for creating value opportunity. The company is working over strengthening the existing business through effectively meeting out the need of the customer (Humayun, 2016). Also the company is securing growth opportunities through entrepreneurial initiative and taking the changes in the portfolio through adding the value to the transaction. The company is creating the focus over the long run and is acting sustainably to create the value of the business. Performing analytical procedure to create the understanding of the entity performance The auditor at the time of creating the planning procedure for audit needs to conduct the analytical procedure which provides the understanding of the key changes in the financial statement during the year (Sheikhi, et. al., 2012). The analytical procedure provide complete understanding of the business and identify the area where there may be possibility of miss statement and should be examine in detail. The table below shows the key ratio of the company Computation of ratio of the Target limited Particular 2016 ( Amount $ million) 2015 ( Amount $ million) 2014 ( Amount $ million) Revenue 65,850 62,102 59,893 Market price share 40 39 43 EPS 0.36 2.16 2.39 NPAT 407 2,440 331 Current Assets 9,684 9,093 9,311 Total Assets 41,394 41,160 40,354 Current Liabilities 10,424 9,726 8,229 Total shareholders equity 22,949 24,781 25,987 Non-current liabilities 7,410 5,895 4,875 Receivables 2,463 2,269 1,584 Creditors 6,491 5,761 5,417 COGS 54,372 51,243 49,170 Quick Assets 3124 3596 3975 Quick Ratio 0.299693016 0.369730619 0.483047758 Current Ratio 0.893227168 0.934916718 1.131486207 Net Profit Margin ratio 0.006180714 0.0392902 0.005526522 Average Account Receivable 3597.5 3061 2754.5 Average creditors 9371.5 8469.5 8416.5 Inventories 3,937 4,168 4,335 Creditors turnover ratio 0.420103505 0.492118779 0.515059704 Receivable turnover Ratio 26.73568819 27.36976642 37.81123737 Average stock turnover of the company 1.211101302 1.211911871 1.21808013 Solvency Ratio 0.009832343 0.059280855 0.008202409 Assets turnover ratio 1.590810262 1.508794947 1.484189919 P/E ratio 0.008977556 0.055813953 0.056142824 Current ratio - The current ratio is calculated by dividing current assets understand by current liability and helps in ascertaining ability of the firm to discharge its liability in the short run. In the current situation the current ratio of the company as decline to 0.93 in the year 2015 and further to 0.89 in the year 2016 from 1.13 in 2014. This indicates that the company liquidity position is continuously declining thus the auditor needs to examine the reason behind the same during the audit (Titman, et. al., 2011). Quick ratio - Quick ratio is calculated by dividing quick assets by current liabilities to check the ability of the company to discharge its liability in the short run which is generally 3 month. In the current situation the quick ratio of the company is continuously declining from 0.48 in 2014 to 0.36 in 2015 and 0.29 is 2016 which affects the decision of the lender. Price Earnings ratio - The ratio helps in finding the return which the equity shareholder are earning on shares and is calculated by dividing Earning per share with the market price per share. The price earnings ratio of the target limited has declined during the past 2 year to a great extent which create the impact over the decision of the shareholder who have invested money with the company (Almazari, 2012). Assets turnover ratio - The ratio help in measuring the effectiveness with which the management is utilizing assets of the business. The assets turnover ratio of a company has increased over the past 2 years which indicates that the management operating efficiency has improved. The ratio was 1.48 in the year 2014 and has increased to 1.50 in the year 2015 and 1.59 during the year 2016. Solvency ratio - Solvency ratio is used to provide information to creditors and lenders that the companies have enough assets to discharge its liability in the long run. Solvency position of the company has improved over the past year which increases the trust of the creditors with the company (Liang and van Dijk, 2011) Creditor turnover ratio - The creditor turnover ratio the company is continuously declining over the past few years which indicate that efficiency of the company to discharge its creditor has decreased. This will reduce the trust of the creditor with the company thus the audit needs to obtain sufficient evidence to examine the transaction. Net profit margin - The ratio helps in identify the operating efficiency of the company and the power generated by the company after covering all the expenses. The net profit ratio of the company is declined during the year 2015 from 55% to 39% but company during the year 2016 discovered ratio and showed and net profit margin of 61%. Debtor turnover ratio - Ratio helps in finding the ability of the company to generate funds from the debtor and is calculated by dividing revenue with the average receivable. Receivable turnover ratio of the company has declined in spite of increase in company sales. Understand management and governance Esteem requirement of trustworthiness and overall communication in the organizational structure of Target Ltd. While referring to the business structure and venture of Target Ltd. the particular organization has embraced it's working while implanting open correspondence structure within the team members. The moral values and principles are taken into consideration at a higher level not only as a part of internal working but also while dealing with external customers. A high level of commitment is witness to improve the overall capabilities Certain programs are developed by the management of the organization in order to upgrade and enhance the overall capabilities of the team members. Proper training and development programs are being implanted by the management of Target Limited with an overall objective of growth and development within the organization. The arrangement of human assets and building best practices - The overall arrangement and practices that is been followed by the target Limited are generally taken as per the guidelines and benchmark set up by the industry. The methodology of treating the workforce and other administrative bodies in regards to their remuneration payout, leave, medical facilities are in accordance with the general law and framework set up by the government compliances and law of the land. Besides the legal compliance fulfillment, the organization target Limited also focus on motivating employees by way of awards and rewards to enhance the level of their performance. Methodology followed for the distribution of authority and responsibilities The expert within the organization should be allocated with proper authority along with matching the application. The current organization target Limited focuses a lot on the particular issue and distributes the power and obligation as per the range of abilities of organizational experts. Different roles and job models are being set up as a part of management to whom specific duties are being allocated. Organizational structure and working style The current organization target Limited is working in a progressive behavior and has set up its management distributed among the separate level of Administration. All the work which is to be performed is as per the hierarchal structures which in turns works out as bolsters in uplifting the brand value of the organization. For recording the financial statements both manual and computerized frameworks are utilized. The business organization here in case Target Ltd. concentrates on completing consistence of reports with the accountings models. Conclusion In the above case, we have obtained complete information about the company relation with the policies and strategies that has been used by the management of the company. All the information that has been obtained are useful for the stakeholders and shareholders of the company. In the above case we have provided information about the external factors along with the legal regulations that are applicable of the company, this will help in better understanding of the company.Further, we have done various types of analysis including SWOT analysis pestilence PESTAL analysis for better understanding. References Sheikhi, A., Ranjbar, A.M. and Oraee, H., 2012.Financial analysis and optimal size and operation for a multicarrier energy system.Energy and buildings, 48, pp.71-78. Titman, S., Keown, A.J. and Martin, J.D., 2011. 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Throughout The Novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront Effectively Utili

Throughout the novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront? effectively utilizes weather and setting as methods of conveying insight to the reader of the personal feeling of the characters. While staying at Thrushcross Grange, Mr. Lockwood made a visit to meet Mr. Heathcliff for a second time, and the horrible snow storm that he encounters is the first piece of evidence that he should have perceived about Heathcliff's personality. The setting of the moors is one that makes them a very special place for Catherine and Heathcliff, and they are thus very symbolic of their friendship and spirts. The weather and setting are very effective tools used throughout the end of the novel as well, for when the weather becomes nice it is not only symbolic of the changing times, and the changing people, but also a new beginning. During his stay at Thrushcross Grange Mr. Lockwood made the perilous journey to Wuthering Heights only a few times. On the occasion of his second visit, the snow began to drive thickly(7) during his walk, and this horrible weather should have been foreshadowing to Lockwood about Heathcliff's, and the other member's of the household's true personalities. Upon arriving he was forced to bang continually upon the door before someone would take the care to let him in out of the cold. The dinner that Lockwood was permitted to have with the ?family' was anything but hospitable. Lockwood was treated not unlike an ignorant and unworthy guest, and hence the visit was in no way enjoyable for him. Upon desiring to leave the destitute home, Lockwood finds the weather too intolerable for him to even consider venturing out on his own, and upon being attacked by one of the dogs, he was pulled into the kitchen(15) and allowed, however ungraciously, to stay the night at Wuthering Heights. Once his wal k home commenced the following day, Lockwood found himself being escorted by Heathcliff himself. The path that is used as a means of connection between the two houses does well to exemplify the feeling contained within each. The path that is nearest to the Heights is long and winding, with many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries . . . blotted from the chart(28). This description is a disheartening one, and causes the reader to associate this kind of representation with the Heights. Upon reaching the pass between the Heights and the Grange, Heathcliff did not continue to direct Lockwood's travels. He stated that he could make no error there(28), for the path is transformed into one that is straight and easy for Lockwood to follow. These preliminary descriptions of the path between the two houses, and the weather upon first being introduced to the characters, help in conveying the personalities of the characters in a more subtle man ner. The area surrounding both the Heights and the Grange are referred to as the moors, and they are an important setting for many characters throughout the course of the novel. The two characters that the moors are most symbolic of, however, are Heathcliff and Catherine Linton. The two would play on the moors as children, and this area of land was very expressive of their wild personalities, and of their friendship. The moors are thought of by them as a place where they could be free and unrestricted to be themselves. Bront? once again utilizes a setting to represent the personalities of her characters, for here she uses the wildness of the moors to express the wildness of Heathcliff and Catherine. One evening Catherine makes the decision to marry Edgar Linton, and not her true love Heathcliff. Heathcliff hears her declaration and runs off into the moors. Not long after Heathcliff leaves the vicinity of the Grange, a storm came rattling over the Heights in full fury(78), and Catherine re fuses to sleep without her love present in the Heights. Catherine would not be persuaded into tranquility. She kept wandering to and fro, from the gate to the door . . . and at length took up a permanent situation on one side of the wall, near the road, where, . . . great drops [of rain] began to plash around