Oscillations
G1-57: INVERTED PENDULUM - SPEAKER DRIVEN
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the conditions for stability of an inverted pendulum.
G1-56: INVERTED PENDULUM - SABER SAW
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Show the inverted pendulum dramatically.
G1-55: INERTIA BALANCE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the measurement of inertial mass using SHM.
G1-54: MASS'S DOUBLE PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the transition of potential energy into energy of oscillation of the pendulum, and the operation of an escapement.
G1-53: SHM - CAN IN WATER TANK
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate one form of SHM.
G1-51: INVERTED SPRING PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate a form of periodic vibration.
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.
G1-36: MASS ON SPRING WITH FORCE MEASUREMENT
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Display the time dependence of the force of a mass oscillating on a spring.
G1-35: MASS ON SPRING - EFFICIENT MODEL
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the motion of a mass on a spring.
G1-34: AIR TRACK - SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate simple harmonic motion of a mass held by two springs.
G1-31: HOOKE'S LAW AND SHM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Quantitatively demonstrate how the spring constant affects the period of a mass on a spring.
G1-18: PENDULUM WITH FORCE SCALE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Show the tension in the string exerted by a swinging pendulum.
G1-17: PENDULUM WITH LARGE-ANGLE OSCILLATION - PORTABLE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate large-angle pendular oscillations and the 360 degree pendulum.
G1-16: PENDULUM WITH LARGE OSCILLATION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Show the difference between pendula with small amplitude and large amplitude of oscillation, and to show rotational motion where the kinetic energy at the top is much less than the change of potential energy from the top to the bottom of the oscillation.
G1-13: MASS ON STRING
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate uniform circular motion.
G1-12: PENDULUM AND ROTATING BALL
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate that simple harmonic motion is the projection of uniform circular motion.
F4-23: WATER PENDULUM
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Show the surface of a container of water in a swinging pendulum.
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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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