Oscillations
G2-26: COUPLED AIR TRACK GLIDERS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate coupled oscillations and normal modes in a system of two identical coupled air track gliders.
G2-25: COUPLED PENDULA - 1000:100:10:1 MASS RATIO.
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate a complex resonance system.
G2-24: COUPLED PENDULA - 100 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate mechanical resonance.
G2-23: SPRING-COUPLED PHYSICAL PENDULA
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance and normal modes.
G2-22: BAR-COUPLED PENDULA
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate a coupling resonance and to show normal modes.
G2-12: BARTON'S PENDULUMS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate driven resonance.
G2-11: RESONANT SAW BLADES - HAND DRIVEN
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Show that a mechanical oscillator responds with a maximum amplitude to its own resonant frequency.
G2-09: FORCED HARMONIC MOTION WITH SONAR
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Plot a graph of forced damped harmonic motion near the resonant frequency.
G2-05: AIR TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate the behavior of a driven and damped oscillator.
G2-04: DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate damped harmonic oscillations.
G2-03: RESONANCE IN TORSIONAL PENDULUM - PROJECTION
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate quantitatively all aspects of the driven and damped oscillator.
G2-02: FORCED HARMONIC MOTION WITH DAMPING - LARGE
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrate and graph driven and damped harmonic motion.
F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy.
D5-24: ROTATING PENDULA - LENGTH VS. HEIGHT
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Show that pendula of different length suspended from the same point rotating at the same angular speed rise to the same vertical height.
D5-22: ROTATING PENDULUM
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system.
D3-32: KEYWHIP
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Demonstrate angular momentum conservation in a surprising way.
D3-12: SWING MODEL
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Model the pumping of a swing using conservation of angular momentum.
D2-51: BICYCLE WHEEL PENDULUM
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate the Parallel Axis Theorem.
D2-43: MOMENT OF INERTIA - TORSIONAL CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of moment of inertia.