PHYS121
I1-11 THERMAL EXPANSION - BALL AND HOLE
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Illustrates thermal expansion
F5-21 VENTURI TUBE WITH MANOMETERS
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Illustrates the venturi effect
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Shows that pressure is dependent on depth, not shape of container
F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic.
D3-03 ROTATING CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D2-31 OBERBECK CROSS
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Illustrates rotational analog of Newton's second law of motion
D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
D2-01 RING AND DISC ON INCLINED PLANE
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
D1-53 LOOP-THE-LOOP
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates centripetal force and conservation of energy in a rotating object
D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Aid in explaining banked turns
D1-35 CENTRIPETAL FORCE - ROTATING MASS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Measures the required centripetal force for an object to move with uniform circular motion
D1-34 ROTATING MASS ON SPRING
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrates centripetal force
D1-33 ROTATING MASS ON STRING
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrates centripetal force and that instantaenous velocity is tangent to the circular path
C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy
C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy
C8-06 PILE DRIVER
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Illustrates gravitational potential energy converting into kinetic energy converitng into work
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
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B3-01: LEVER AND LOADED WAGON
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever Read More
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B3-02: LEVERS - THREE CLASSES
Demonstrate the three classes of levers
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B3-03: LEVER - WRECKING BAR
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever
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B3-12 PULLEY - MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
Illustrate pulley systems Read More
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B3-14: EQUILIBRIUM PARADOX - SCALES AND PULLEY
Counterintuitive demonstration involving pulley system Read More
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B3-15: FOOL'S TACKLE
Illustrate analysis of forces in a pulley system
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B3-21: CHISEL AS WEDGE
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a wedge
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B3-23: Worm Gear
Illustrate mechanical advantage
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