PHYS171
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Shows that pressure is dependent on depth, not shape of container
F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic.
E1-11: POTENTIAL WELL -MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrates motion of planets or satellites in an inverse square gravitational field
D4-03: BICYCLE WHEEL GYROSCOPE ON PIVOT
Category: D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose:
Demonstrates gyroscopic precession and nutation
D3-05 ROTATING CHAIR AND BICYCLE WHEEL
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-03 ROTATING CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-02: MASS ON STRING - ORBITS WITH VARYING RADIUS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Category: D2 Moment of Inertia
Purpose:
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
D1-61: Rolling versus Sliding
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Applies conservation of energy to a rolling object
D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Aid in explaining banked turns
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
D1-34 ROTATING MASS ON SPRING
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrates centripetal force
C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy
C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls
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D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-02: MASS ON STRING - ORBITS WITH VARYING RADIUS
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-03 ROTATING CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-04: ROTATING STOOL AND WEIGHTS
Demonstrate conservation of angular momentum. Read More
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D3-05 ROTATING CHAIR AND BICYCLE WHEEL
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-06: ROTATING CHAIR - HELICOPTER MODEL
Demonstrate conservation of angular momentum
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D3-07: ROTATING PLATFORM
Demonstrate rotational kinematics and inertia. Read More
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D3-12: SWING MODEL
Model the pumping of a swing using conservation of angular momentum. Read More
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D3-21: INVERSE SPRINKLER - GLASS MODEL
This is a non-working sprinkler that was used for data in an American Journal of Physics paper. Read More
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D3-22: INVERSE SPRINKLER - METAL MODEL
Demonstrate the Feynman inverse sprinkler effect. Read More
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D3-31: AIR TABLE - TETHERBALL
Show qualitatively an example of non-conservation of angular momentum. Read More
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D3-32: KEYWHIP
Demonstrate angular momentum conservation in a surprising way. Read More
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D3-33: Centripetal Acceleration - Rotating Ball and Brick
Illustrate centripetal force and its relationship to velocity and radius. Read More
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D3-41: AIR TABLE - RECTANGULAR PUCK COLLISIONS
Qualitatively show conservation of angular momentum in collisions of a circular puck with a rectangular puck. Read More
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