Motion in Two Dimensions
D3-41: AIR TABLE - RECTANGULAR PUCK COLLISIONS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Qualitatively show conservation of angular momentum in collisions of a circular puck with a rectangular puck.
D2-32: AIR TABLE - LINEAR AND ANGULAR ACCEL OF A DISC
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Illustrate the accelerating disc problem.
C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions.
C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table.
C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions.
C4-12: ACCELEROMETER ON INCLINED PLANE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer accelerating down an inclined plane.
C3-21: INERTIAL MASS CART
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the inertial property of mass
C2-24: WATER DROP PARABOLA
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the parabolic path of a projectile.
C2-23: TRAJECTORY OF A BALL - MODEL
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate the position of a projectile at equal time intervals
C2-09: FREE FALL WITH STROBE
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Show the position of a dropped ball at a series of equal time intervals
C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.
C1-11: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS PENDULUM
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Show uniform motion of the center of mass of a vibrating pendulum/glider system.
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.
C1-03: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - CLOWN
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate rotation about the center of mass of an irregular object.
C1-01: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - BARBELL
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate motion of the center of mass of an asymmetric object.
B1-07: DOUBLE CONE - SMALL
Category: B1 Center of Mass Statics
Purpose:
Demonstrate a center of mass paradox
C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate addition of two orthogonal velocity components
C2-25: FUNNEL CART
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C1-02: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - PLUMBER'S HELPER
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the motion of the center of mass of an irregularly-shaped object.