Rotational Dynamics
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.
D2-42: MOMENT OF INERTIA -TORSIONAL CHAIR AND BOARD
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate moment of inertia using the torsional chair.
D2-41: MOMENTS OF INERTIA ABOUT THREE PRINCIPAL AXES
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Illustrate the three principal axes of a thin aluminum plate.
D2-32: AIR TABLE - LINEAR AND ANGULAR ACCEL OF A DISC
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Illustrate the accelerating disc problem.
D2-21: CENTER OF PERCUSSION - BAT AND MALLET
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate the center of percussion using a baseball bat.
D2-13: RACING PENDULA
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Illustrate in a counter-intuitive way the effect of moment of inertia on rotational acceleration.
D2-12: TOPPLING CHIMNEY
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a toppling chimney breaks up.
D2-11: HINGED STICK AND FALLING BALL
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Application of the rotational analog of Newton's second law.
D2-05: DUMBBELL - VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of moment of inertia.
D2-04: MOMENT OF INERTIA RODS
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrate dynamic effects of the center of mass and moment of inertia
D2-03: CANS ON INCLINED PLANE - WITH AND WITHOUT WATER
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Illustrate the effect of moment of inertia on rolling acceleration.
D1-84: SPINNING CYLINDRICAL SHELL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
A counterintuitive demonstration of rotational dynamics.
D1-83: SPOOL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate a counterintuitive problem in rotational dynamics.
D1-82: ROLLING FRICTION
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show the direction of the frictional force when a rolling object is accelerated.
D1-81: TRICYCLE
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate a tricky problem in rotational dynamics.
D1-65: YO-YO
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate transformation between various forms of energy and to perform yo-yo tricks.
D1-64: MAXWELL PENDULUM - SMALL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate transformations between gravitational potential energy and rotational kinetic energy.
D1-63: MAXWELL PENDULUM - LARGE
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate transformations between gravitational potential energy and rotational kinetic energy.
D1-62: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN ROLLING BODY
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate conversion of gravitational potential energy into translational and rotational kinetic energy.