Applications of Newton's Laws
D5-21: BALL ROLLING ON ROTATING DISC
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Show that a sphere rolling on a rotating disc will move in circles.
D4-21: SHIP STABILIZER
Category: D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a gyroscope can stabilize the rocking of a ship.
D2-21: CENTER OF PERCUSSION - BAT AND MALLET
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate the center of percussion using a baseball bat.
D1-84: SPINNING CYLINDRICAL SHELL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
A counterintuitive demonstration of rotational dynamics.
D1-82: ROLLING FRICTION
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show the direction of the frictional force when a rolling object is accelerated.
C6-21: SUSPENDED ROD ON WATER
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
An elementary problem involving horizontal friction.
C6-17: FRICTION VS. PULLING ANGLE
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Demonstrate how pulling angle affects the frictional force
C6-16: SLIDING AND STATIC FRICTION
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Show that the friction force depends linearly on the normal component of the applied force.
C6-15: SOCIAL DESCENDER - FRICTION TOY
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Illustrate frictional forces in a weird way.
C6-13: FRICTION BETWEEN GLASS SURFACES
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Demonstrate the increase of friction between two glass surfaces when lubricating surface films are removed.
C6-12: SKIDDING AUTOMOBILE
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of locked wheels on vehicle stability.
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.
C6-05: AIR TRACK - INCLINED PLANE FRICTION
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Show that the force of friction depends upon the conditions of the surfaces in contact.
C6-04: FRICTION DIRECTION ON INCLINED PLANE
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Determine the direction of the frictional force in a possibly ambiguous situation.
C6-03: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION WITH THREE BLOCKS
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Illustrate different coefficients of friction.
C4-61: ACCELERATION ON A SCALE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate forces in an accelerating system.
C4-41: TERMINAL VELOCITY - BOTTLE IN TUBE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
An easily observable terminal velocity experiment.
C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m.
C1-04: CENTER OF MASS - BEAR ON TIGHT ROPE
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Show stability in system where the center of mass is outside of the object.