Statics of Fluids
F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way.
F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way.
F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element.
F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy.
F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon.
F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon.
F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way.
F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner.
F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar.
F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top and bottom surface, experience a buoyant force, as does a cylinder?"
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's law, and Archimedes' law.
F1-21: LIPLESS STRAW
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate the role of atmospheric pressure in the operation of a drinking straw.
F1-15: PRESSURE GLOBE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
To illustrate several interesting phenomena related to air pressure
F1-14: PISTON DIAMETER VS TRAVEL - WORKING MODEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Show that with an incompressible fluid the bigger piston moves more slowly than the smaller piston.
F1-13: CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate a mechanism which produces a constant water pressure.
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B1-01 CENTER OF MASS - DISC SECTION
Demonstrate finding center of mass for an irregularly-shapped object Read More
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B1-02: CENTER OF MASS - LEANING TOWER
Demonstrate the effect of center of mass location Read More
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B1-03: CENTER OF MASS - LEANING TOWER ON INCLINED PLANE
Demonstrate equilibrium when its center of mass is above its base Read More
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B1-04: Center of Mass - Brass Barbell
Demonstrate stable equilibrium when supported at center-of-mass Read More
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B1-05: CENTER OF MASS - PLUMBER'S HELPER
Locate the center of mass of an irregular object Read More
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B1-06: Double Cone - Large
Demonstrate a center-of-mass paradox Read More
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B1-07: DOUBLE CONE - SMALL
Demonstrate a center of mass paradox Read More
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B1-08: STATES OF EQUILIBRIUM - CONE
Illustrate stable, unstable, and neutral equilibrium Read More
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B1-09: CENTER OF MASS - TRIANGLE
Demonstrate the process of locating the center of mass Read More
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B1-11: BALANCE MAN
Illustrate stable equilibrium Read More
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B1-12: CENTER OF MASS - HINGED STICK PARADOX
Illustrate the center of mass in a surprising way Read More
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B1-13: CENTER OF MASS - FORK AND SPOON ON TOOTHPICK
Illustrate the center of mass in a surprising way Read More
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B1-14: CENTER OF MASS - BOTTLE
Illustrate the center of mass in a surprising way Read More
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B1-15: TOPPLING CYLINDERS
Illustrate stable and unstable equilibrium in a surprising way Read More
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B1-16: CORBELED ARCH
Illustrate how the center of mass affects the stability of an arch Read More
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B1-17: CENTER OF MASS - STICKS
Illustrate the center of mass in a surprising way Read More
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B1-18: Center of Mass - Soda Can and Water
Show how moving the center of mass of an object changes how it balances. Read More
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B1-21: BALANCE BEAM - VARIATION ON THE TIGHTROPE WALKER
Show how arms or a pole are used to obtain greater stability Read More
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B1-22: CENTER OF GRAVITY USING TEETER TOTTER
Determine the center of gravity of the human body Read More
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B1-24: CENTER OF MASS - CARTS ON BALANCE BOARD
Show that the center of mass may remain at rest during motion within the system Read More
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