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G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses.
F5-32: CURVE BALL
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate a curve ball as an example of the Magnus effect
F5-08: MARBLE IN WATER JET
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate levitation by a water stream.
L5-03: FISH IN TANK - TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Illustrate total internal reflection.
F5-01: TOY CAR AND BALL - COANDA EFFECT
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate levitation of a ball in a cute way.
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.
G1-74: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - LASER AND LOUDSPEAKER
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Show Lissajous figures created by music to form a laser show.
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.
G1-57: INVERTED PENDULUM - SPEAKER DRIVEN
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the conditions for stability of an inverted pendulum.
G1-55: INERTIA BALANCE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the measurement of inertial mass using SHM.
G1-43: KLINGER TORSIONAL VIBRATION MACHINE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate torsional SHM, and to quantitatively show the effect of moment of inertia on the period.
G1-41: TORSIONAL PENDULUM - SMALL
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate torsional SHM, and to show the effect of moment of inertia on the period.
G1-37: MASS ON SPRING WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Plot graphs of position, velocity and acceleration for a mass oscillating on a spring.
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C1-01: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - BARBELL
Demonstrate motion of the center of mass of an asymmetric object Read More
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C1-02: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - PLUMBER'S HELPER
Illustrate the motion of the center of mass of an irregularly-shaped object Read More
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C1-03: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - CLOWN
Illustrate rotation about the center of mass of an irregular object Read More
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C1-04: CENTER OF MASS - BEAR ON TIGHT ROPE
Show stability in system where the center of mass is outside of the object Read More
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C1-11: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS PENDULUM
Show uniform motion of the center of mass of a vibrating pendulum/glider system Read More
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C1-12: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS OF COUPLED GLIDERS
Demonstrate uniform motion of the center of mass of an oscillating system Read More
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C1-13: AIR TRACK - REDUCED MASS
Demonstrate the change in frequency for two-body oscillations Read More
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C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface Read More
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