PHYS161
D2-01 RING AND DISC ON INCLINED PLANE
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
D1-53 LOOP-THE-LOOP
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates centripetal force and conservation of energy in a rotating object
D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Aid in explaining banked turns
D1-41 ROTATING WATER BUCKET
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates centripetal force and centrifugal reaction
D1-35 CENTRIPETAL FORCE - ROTATING MASS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Measures the required centripetal force for an object to move with uniform circular motion
D1-01 STROBOSCOPE AND FAN
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates rotational motion using stroboscope
C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions
C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of static friction.
C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C4-21 ATWOOD MACHINE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the second law of motion. Experimentally determine the acceleration due to gravity.
C4-02 AIR TRACK - A eq F/M
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the experimental basis for Newton's second law of motion
C3-02 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Dramatically demonstrate inertia
C2-22 MONKEY AND HUNTER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C2-11 RACING BALLS
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate linear kinematics
C2-06 BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate the geometrical effect of free fall
C2-01 AIR TRACK - CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate constant velocity and uniform acceleration with minimal friction
B4-01 HOOKE'S LAW
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the linear relationship between force and stretching for a simple spring.
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D2-01 RING AND DISC ON INCLINED PLANE
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object Read More
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D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object Read More
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D2-03: CANS ON INCLINED PLANE - WITH AND WITHOUT WATER
Illustrate the effect of moment of inertia on rolling acceleration.
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D2-04: MOMENT OF INERTIA RODS
Demonstrate dynamic effects of the center of mass and moment of inertia
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D2-05: DUMBBELL - VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA
Demonstrate the effect of moment of inertia.
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D2-11: HINGED STICK AND FALLING BALL
Application of the rotational analog of Newton's second law.
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D2-12: TOPPLING CHIMNEY
Demonstrate how a toppling chimney breaks up.
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D2-13: RACING PENDULA
Illustrate in a counter-intuitive way the effect of moment of inertia on rotational acceleration.
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D2-21: CENTER OF PERCUSSION - BAT AND MALLET
Demonstrate the center of percussion using a baseball bat.
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D2-31 OBERBECK CROSS
Illustrates rotational analog of Newton's second law of motion Read More
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D2-32: AIR TABLE - LINEAR AND ANGULAR ACCEL OF A DISC
Illustrate the accelerating disc problem.
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D2-41: MOMENTS OF INERTIA ABOUT THREE PRINCIPAL AXES
Illustrate the three principal axes of a thin aluminum plate.
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D2-42: MOMENT OF INERTIA -TORSIONAL CHAIR AND BOARD
Demonstrate moment of inertia using the torsional chair.
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D2-43: MOMENT OF INERTIA - TORSIONAL CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Demonstrate the effect of moment of inertia.
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D2-51: BICYCLE WHEEL PENDULUM
Demonstrate the Parallel Axis Theorem.
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