PHYS141
H1-01 BELL IN VACUUM
Category: H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrates sound wave requirement for a medium
G3-51 ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - FREQUENCY VS. WAVELENGTH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between frequency and wavelength for fixed tension cord
G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves
G3-01 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrates traveling waves
G1-14 PENDULA WITH DIFFERENT MASSES
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrates independence of a simple pendulum's period with mass of the bob.
G1-11 COMPARISON OF SHM AND UCM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrates the relationship between simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion.
G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates simple harmonic motion
F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic.
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
D2-01 RING AND DISC 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
D1-53 LOOP-THE-LOOP
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates centripetal force and conservation of energy in a rotating object
D1-41 ROTATING WATER BUCKET
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates centripetal force and centrifugal reaction
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
C7-18 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ASTROBLASTER
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls
C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions
C6-01 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Shows that the coefficient of friction does not depend upon the mass of the object although the frictional force does.
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C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
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C8-04 HILL TRACK
Demonstrates conservation of energy Read More
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C8-05: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN VERTICAL PROJECTILE
Show the relation between initial velocity and height of a vertical projectile.
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C8-06 PILE DRIVER
Illustrates gravitational potential energy converting into kinetic energy converting into work Read More
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C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy Read More
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C8-12: JUMPING MASSES WITH INTERNAL SPRINGS
Demonstrate conversion of internal energy of a spring into kinetic energy and then gravitational potential energy.
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C8-13: BUNGEE JUMPER MODEL
Determine the minimum value of the spring constant of a bungee rope to ensure a safe jump.
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C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy Read More
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C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a humorous way.
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C8-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING BOARD
Show transformation of energy from one form to another.
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C8-23: WORK DONE BY PUSHING ON WALL
Illustrates that the wall and the floor do no work.
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C8-31: POWER - EXERCISE CYCLE
Measure human work.
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C8-32: POWER - CLIMBING LADDER
A simple method for illustrating power and the unit of the horsepower.
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C8-33: POWER - USING GRAVITY
Demonstrate mechanical power.
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C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
Demonstrate power. Read More
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