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
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C5-01: NEWTON'S THIRD LAW - STATIC DYNAMOMETERS
Demonstrate action-reaction in the static case
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C5-02 SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
Show that the action-reaction pairs have equal magnitude Read More
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C5-11: AIR TRACK - ACTION-REACTION PAIRS
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
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C5-12: BALLISTIC CANNON CARTS
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
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C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-14 ROCKET TRIKE
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-15: REACTION FORCE ON AIR BLOWER
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
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C5-16: HERO'S ENGINE
Demonstrate action and reaction in a rotational system.
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C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-18 FAN CART
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way Read More
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C5-20: PUTT PUTT STEAM BOAT
Demonstrate action-reaction using an intriguing device.
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C5-31: AIR TRACK - SAILING UPWIND
Illustrate sailing upwind Read More
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C5-32: SAILING UPWIND - HAIRDRYER AND SAILBOAT
Illustrate sailing upwind Read More
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C5-41: HOURGLASS PROBLEM
Demonstrate the solution to the famous "hourglass problem," or Galileo's water bucket
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C5-51: BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHY
Demonstrate the science of ballistocardiography
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