Monday, 09 June 2014 14:36
C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
Additional Info
- ID Code: C1-21
- Purpose: Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.
- Description: A wooden dowel with its center of mass marked is held vertically with the bottom end supported by a very light air table puck. When it is released and allowed to topple, which point of the stick will be directly above the original support point: the top end, the bottom end, or the center of mass? Note that the stick has a small counterweight on its top end to compensate for the mass of the puck. Click your mouse on the photograph for an mpeg video.
- Availability: Available
- Loc codes: FS0
- Videos-1: Toppling stick in action
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C1 Center of Mass Motion
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