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Rotational Dynamics


D3-33: Centripetal Acceleration - Rotating Ball and Brick

Purpose: To illustrate centripetal acceleration and the associated forces

J5-30: OMEGA LEVITRON

Category: J5 Magnetostatics

Purpose: Show an interesting demonstration of magnetism.

G3-20: WAVE APPARATUS

Purpose: Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal wave motion.

G1-12: PENDULUM AND ROTATING BALL

Purpose: Demonstrate that simple harmonic motion is the projection of uniform circular motion.

F4-22: SPINNING WATER BUCKET

Category: F4 Fluid in Motion

Purpose: Illustrate the reaction force on spinning water and the shape of the water surface.

F4-21: LIQUID IN SPINNING SPHERE

Category: F4 Fluid in Motion

Purpose: Show the behavior of a liquid when subjected to a centripetal force.

D5-24: ROTATING PENDULA - LENGTH VS. HEIGHT

Purpose: Show that pendula of different length suspended from the same point rotating at the same angular speed rise to the same vertical height.

D5-23: ROTATING BEAD ON LOOP

Purpose: Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system.

D5-22: ROTATING PENDULUM

Purpose: Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system.

D5-21: BALL ROLLING ON ROTATING DISC

Purpose: Show that a sphere rolling on a rotating disc will move in circles.

D5-12: CORIOLIS EFFECT - WATER JET

Purpose: Model the Coriolis effect.

D5-11: CORIOLIS EFFECT - BALL ON ROTATING PLATFORM

Purpose: Illustrate the Coriolis effect.

D5-08: WINEGLASS AND OLIVE

Purpose: Conundrum involving angular motion.

D5-07: STABLE AND UNSTABLE PRINCIPAL AXES

Purpose: Show that rotation about the principal axis of smaller moment of inertia is unstable and changes to rotation about the principal axis of maximum moment of inertia.

D4-27: EULER'S DISK

Category: D4 Gyroscopes

Purpose: Demonstrate kinematics and inertia.

D5-06: FIDDLESTICK

Purpose: Illustrate weird rotational effects and to demonstrate transformation of gravitational potential energy into rotational energy.

D5-04: SPINNING BOOK

Purpose: Illustrate the effect rotation about the various principal axes on stability.

D5-02: FOOTBALL

Purpose: Example of a gyroscopic effect.

D3-41: AIR TABLE - RECTANGULAR PUCK COLLISIONS

Purpose: Qualitatively show conservation of angular momentum in collisions of a circular puck with a rectangular puck.

D3-32: KEYWHIP

Purpose: Demonstrate angular momentum conservation in a surprising way.
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