Oscillations
H1-27: SPEED OF SOUND - LISSAJOUS FIGURES
Category: H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose:
Measurement of the speed of sound in air using Lissajous figures.
H4-18: LISSAJOUS FIGURES WITH SOUND
Category: H4 Music
Purpose:
Demonstrate the relation between "consonance" (musical intervals) and frequency ratios.
H4-14: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - VOICE
Category: H4 Music
Purpose:
Provide a Lissajous type display from a single vocal source.
H4-12: LISSAJOUS FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
Category: H4 Music
Purpose:
Show how frequencies can be matched using Lissajous figures.
G3-46: STANDING WAVES IN A WIRE LOOP
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Illustrate circular standing waves; to use as a model of stationary states in atoms corresponding to standing waves of electrons in Bohr orbits.
G3-45: RESONANCE OF WIRES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end.
G3-41: WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves, travelling waves, and superposition of waves.
G3-11: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - RESONANCE ABSORPTION
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance absorption of wave energy by a mass-on-spring system.
G2-42: ELASTIC PENDULUM
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate a non-linear coupling resonance and stable fixed points.
G2-41: WILBERFORCE PENDULUM
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate a linear coupling resonance and normal modes.
G2-28: COUPLED PENDULA WITH VARIABLE DRIVER
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Show that the maximum coupling occurs between pendula of the same length.
G2-27: COUPLED SERIES MASSES HANGING ON SPRINGS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate coupled oscillations and normal modes.
G1-83: PENDULUM WAVES - COMMERCIAL VERSION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of carefully adjusted pendula of various lengths.
G1-82: PENDULUM WAVES
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of fifteen carefully adjusted independent pendula.
G1-81: OUIJA WINDMILL
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate a combination of simultaneous orthogonal oscillations.
G1-74: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - LASER AND LOUDSPEAKER
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Show Lissajous figures created by music to form a laser show.
G1-73: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - FOURIER SYNTHESIZER
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Show stable Lissajous figures.
G1-71: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - SAND PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Lissajous figures.
G1-59: BIFILAR PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate a system with two pendular modes of oscillation.
G1-58: LOADED PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Analog to the longitudinal motion of a particle in a particle accelerator driven by a sinusoidal accelerating potential.
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B4-01 HOOKE'S LAW
Demonstrate the linear relationship between force and stretching for a simple spring. Read More
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B4-02: HOOKE'S LAW - COMPRESSING A SPRING
Demonstrate Hooke's law for a spring under compression.
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B4-03: SPRINGS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
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B4-04: SPRING AND STRING THING
Illustrate series and parallel springs in a counterintuitive way.
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B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
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B4-12: ELASTIC LIMIT OF SOLDER SPRING
Demonstrate the elastic limit for an inherently inelastic object.
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B4-13: ELASTIC LIMIT OF A BALLOON
Burst a balloon.
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B4-14: ELASTIC LIMIT OF WIRE
Demonstrate the variation in tensile strength with wire diameter.
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B4-21: DEFLECTION OF BEAM - OPTICAL LEVER
Demonstrate the small deflection of an aluminum beam due to weighting between supports.
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B4-31: FAILURE OF WOOD IN COMPRESSION
Demonstrate the dependence of the compressional strength of wooden dowels on their diameter and length.
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B4-32: CAN CRUSHER - WALL STABILITY
Show how a small change in the geometry of the can wall can dramatically affect its ability to support a… Read More
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B4-33: EGG CRUSHER
Show that an egg can support unexpectedly high forces due to its curved shape.
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