Experimental results and completed tables:

Mass
Added
to the
Piston
kg

Total
Actual
Mass Pressure
on
P
the
Piston
kg
kN/m2

0
1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4
5

Increasing Pressure

Decreasing
Pressure
Gauge
Relative
Reading
Error

Gauge
Reading

Relative
Error

kN/m2

kN/m2

29
58.5
90
122
146

6.87%
6.08%
3.67%
2.09%
6.23%

34
66
92
123
144

9.18%
5.96%
1.53%
1.28%
7.51%

31.14
62.29
93.43
124.6
155.7

Average
Gauge
Reading

Average
Error

Error of
Full
Scale

kN/m2

kN/m2

31.5
62.3
91
122.5
145

0.36
0.01
2.43
2.10
10.7

0.18%
0.005%
1.215%
1.05%
5.35%

Piston Area = 315 mm = 0.000315 m

Mass of plunger & Platform = 1 kg
Total Mass (m) = Mass of plunger & Platform + Added Mass
Actual pressure (Calibration Constants) = total mass(kg) * 31.14 or Actual pressure =
|

Relative Error =

Average Gauge Reading =

Average Error = |Actual Pressure Average Pressure|
Error of Full Scale =
Specimen Calculation:
Total mass = m = 2 + 1 = 3 kg
Actual Pressure =

Relative Error (Increasing)

Relative Error (Decreasing)

93.43 KN/m
|

Error of Full Scale =

= 1.53%
= 91 kN/m

Average Gauge Reading =

Average Error = |Actual Pressure Average Pressure| = 93.43

= 3.67%

91 = 2.43 KN/m
= 1.215%