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Motion in Two Dimensions


D3-41: AIR TABLE - RECTANGULAR PUCK COLLISIONS

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

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

Purpose: Illustrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer accelerating down an inclined plane.

C3-21: INERTIAL MASS CART

Purpose: Demonstrate the inertial property of mass

C2-24: WATER DROP PARABOLA

Purpose: Demonstrate the parabolic path of a projectile.

C2-23: TRAJECTORY OF A BALL - MODEL

Purpose: Illustrate the position of a projectile at equal time intervals

C2-09: FREE FALL WITH STROBE

Purpose: Show the position of a dropped ball at a series of equal time intervals

C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK

Purpose: Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.

C1-11: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS PENDULUM

Purpose: Show uniform motion of the center of mass of a vibrating pendulum/glider system.

C1-04: CENTER OF MASS - BEAR ON TIGHT ROPE

Purpose: Show stability in system where the center of mass is outside of the object.

C1-03: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - CLOWN

Purpose: Illustrate rotation about the center of mass of an irregular object.

C1-01: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - BARBELL

Purpose: Demonstrate motion of the center of mass of an asymmetric object.

B1-07: DOUBLE CONE - SMALL

Purpose: Demonstrate a center of mass paradox

C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER

Purpose: Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion

C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES

Purpose: Illustrate addition of two orthogonal velocity components

C2-25: FUNNEL CART

Purpose: Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion

C1-02: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - PLUMBER'S HELPER

Purpose: Illustrate the motion of the center of mass of an irregularly-shaped object.
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