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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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C6-01 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
Shows that the coefficient of friction does not depend upon the mass of the object although the frictional force does. Read More
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C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of… Read More
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C6-03: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION WITH THREE BLOCKS
Illustrate different coefficients of friction. Read More
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C6-04: FRICTION DIRECTION ON INCLINED PLANE
Determine the direction of the frictional force in a possibly ambiguous situation.
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C6-05: AIR TRACK - INCLINED PLANE FRICTION
Show that the force of friction depends upon the conditions of the surfaces in contact.
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C6-11: SLIDING FRICTION - LECTURE TABLE AND FELT
Show the effect on frictional force of velocity, normal force, and contact area.
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C6-12: SKIDDING AUTOMOBILE
Demonstrate the effect of locked wheels on vehicle stability.
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C6-13: FRICTION BETWEEN GLASS SURFACES
Demonstrate the increase of friction between two glass surfaces when lubricating surface films are removed.
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C6-14: SOCIAL CLIMBER
Illustrate frictional forces in a weird way.
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C6-15: SOCIAL DESCENDER - FRICTION TOY
Illustrate frictional forces in a weird way.
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C6-16: SLIDING AND STATIC FRICTION
Show that the friction force depends linearly on the normal component of the applied force.
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C6-17: FRICTION VS. PULLING ANGLE
Demonstrate how pulling angle affects the frictional force
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C6-21: SUSPENDED ROD ON WATER
An elementary problem involving horizontal friction.
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