PHYS171
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Shows that pressure is dependent on depth, not shape of container
F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic.
E1-11: POTENTIAL WELL -MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrates motion of planets or satellites in an inverse square gravitational field
D4-03: BICYCLE WHEEL GYROSCOPE ON PIVOT
Category: D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose:
Demonstrates gyroscopic precession and nutation
D3-05 ROTATING CHAIR AND BICYCLE WHEEL
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-03 ROTATING CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-02: MASS ON STRING - ORBITS WITH VARYING RADIUS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
D1-61: Rolling versus Sliding
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Applies conservation of energy to a rolling object
D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Aid in explaining banked turns
D1-35 CENTRIPETAL FORCE - ROTATING MASS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Measures the required centripetal force for an object to move with uniform circular motion
D1-34 ROTATING MASS ON SPRING
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrates centripetal force
C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy
C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls
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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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