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Rotational Dynamics


D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS

Purpose: Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate.

D1-43: INERTIAL FORCES - BALLS IN ROTATING JARS

Purpose: Demonstrate inertial forces in bodies submerged in air and in water.

D1-42: ROTATING WATER BUCKET WITH SPONGE

Purpose: Illustrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction with a trick.

D1-40: CENTRIPETAL FORCE ON ROTATING RUBBER BAND

Purpose: Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction.

D1-39: PENNY AND COAT HANGER

Purpose: Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction in a dramatic way.

D1-36: AIR TABLE - CENTRIPETAL FORCE

Purpose: Show that centripetal force varies with angular velocity.

D1-32: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT

Purpose: Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.

D1-31: TRAJECTORY FROM SPIRAL

Purpose: Show that forces are required to create circular motion.

D1-30: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR

Purpose: Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.

D1-21: ANGULAR VELOCITY - OBERBECK CROSS

Purpose: Measure the angular velocity of a rotating object.

D1-12: ADDITION OF ANGULAR VELOCITIES

Purpose: Illustrate the complex motion resulting from addition of two angular velocities.

D1-11: CYCLOID - LIGHT BULB ON WHEEL

Purpose: Demonstrate cycloidal motion.

C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions.

C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions.

C6-12: SKIDDING AUTOMOBILE

Category: C6 Friction

Purpose: Demonstrate the effect of locked wheels on vehicle stability.

C4-13: ACCELEROMETER ON ROTATOR

Purpose: Show that the surface of a rotating liquid assumes a parabolic shape.

B2-21: CONCEPT OF TORQUE - TORSIONAL CHAIR

Purpose: Introduce the concept of torque

D4-22: MONORAIL CAR

Category: D4 Gyroscopes

Purpose: Demonstrate gyroscopic stability

D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL

Purpose: Model the Foucault pendulum
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