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Applications of Newton's Laws


B3-23: Worm Gear

Category: B3 Simple Machines

Purpose: Illustrate mechanical advantage

B3-21: CHISEL AS WEDGE

Category: B3 Simple Machines

Purpose: Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a wedge

B3-03: LEVER - WRECKING BAR

Category: B3 Simple Machines

Purpose: Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever

B3-02: LEVERS - THREE CLASSES

Category: B3 Simple Machines

Purpose: Demonstrate the three classes of levers

B3-01: LEVER AND LOADED WAGON

Category: B3 Simple Machines

Purpose: Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever

B2-43: CRANE BOOM

Purpose: Demonstrate a crane boom

B2-42: ARM MODEL

Purpose: Model the forces occurring in the arm

D4-22: MONORAIL CAR

Category: D4 Gyroscopes

Purpose: Demonstrate gyroscopic stability

D1-52: FAIRGROUND ROTOR

Purpose: Illustrate the application of rotational forces

B3-12 PULLEY - MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE

Category: B3 Simple Machines

Purpose: Illustrate pulley systems

D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL

Purpose: Aid in explaining banked turns

C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK

Category: C6 Friction

Purpose: Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of static friction.

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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