PHYS141
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
F1-11: HYDRAULIC PRESS
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically Pascal's Law and the large forces attainable using hydraulic systems.
F1-03: PASCAL'S VASES
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate that pressure is dependent only on depth, and not on the shape of the container.
D2-51: BICYCLE WHEEL PENDULUM
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate the Parallel Axis Theorem.
D2-11: HINGED STICK AND FALLING BALL
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Application of the rotational analog of Newton's second law.
D1-83: SPOOL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate a counterintuitive problem in rotational dynamics.
D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate.
D1-40: CENTRIPETAL FORCE ON ROTATING RUBBER BAND
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction.
D1-39: PENNY AND COAT HANGER
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction in a dramatic way.
D1-30: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.
C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.
C7-12: COLLISION OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show what happens when one mass in a collision ball set is different from the others.
C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision.
C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate power
C8-33: POWER - USING GRAVITY
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate mechanical power.
C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
C6-11: SLIDING FRICTION - LECTURE TABLE AND FELT
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Show the effect on frictional force of velocity, normal force, and contact area.
G4-22: CHLADNI FIGURES - OSCILLATOR DRIVEN
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
C5-31: AIR TRACK - SAILING UPWIND
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show how force components can be used to sail against the wind.
C5-12: BALLISTIC CANNON CARTS
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
-
C3-01: INERTIA - SMALL STEEL BALL
Demonstrate inertia of rest Read More
-
C3-02 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK
Dramatically demonstrate inertia Read More
-
C3-03 INERTIA - MASSES HANGING IN SERIES
Dramatically demonstrate inertia Read More
-
C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
Illustrates inertia of rest Read More
-
C3-05 INERTIA - PEN IN BOTTLE
Dramatically demonstrate inertia Read More
-
C3-06: INERTIA: JENGA
Demonstrate inertia of rest. Read More
-
C3-11: STRAW AND POTATO
Illustrate inertia of motion Read More
-
C3-12 PENCIL AND PLYWOOD
Dramatically demonstrate inertia Read More
-
C3-13 INERTIA: HAMMERHEAD
-
C3-21: INERTIAL MASS CART
Demonstrate the inertial property of mass Read More
- 1