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L3-33: VANITY MIRROR
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Show the image produced by a cocave mirror.
B4-33: EGG CRUSHER
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Show that an egg can support unexpectedly high forces due to its curved shape.
L3-25: IMAGE LOCATION WITH TV CAMERA - CONCAVE MIRROR
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Locate the image position for a concave mirror.
B4-21: DEFLECTION OF BEAM - OPTICAL LEVER
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the small deflection of an aluminum beam due to weighting between supports.
B4-14: ELASTIC LIMIT OF WIRE
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the variation in tensile strength with wire diameter.
B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
B4-04: SPRING AND STRING THING
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Illustrate series and parallel springs in a counterintuitive way.
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.
D1-64: 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.
D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate.
D1-42: ROTATING WATER BUCKET WITH SPONGE
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction with a trick.
D1-40: CENTRIPETAL FORCE ON ROTATING RUBBER BAND
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction.
D1-39: PENNY AND COAT HANGER
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction in a dramatic way.
D1-31: TRAJECTORY FROM SPIRAL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that forces are required to create circular motion.
D1-30: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.
D1-21: ANGULAR VELOCITY - OBERBECK CROSS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Measure the angular velocity of a rotating object.
E2-54: REFLECTING TELESCOPE - STRING MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Shows how rays are focused by a standard reflecting telescope.
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D5-01 TIPPE TOP
Gyroscopic effect examples Read More
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D5-02: FOOTBALL
Example of a gyroscopic effect Read More
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D5-04: SPINNING BOOK
Illustrate the effect rotation about the various principal axes on stability Read More
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D5-05 CELTS
Illustrates a weird rotational device Read More
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D5-06: FIDDLESTICK
Illustrate weird rotational effects and to demonstrate transformation of gravitational potential energy into rotational energy Read More
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D5-07: STABLE AND UNSTABLE PRINCIPAL AXES
Show that rotation about the principal axis of smaller moment of inertia is unstable and changes to rotation about the… Read More
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D5-08: WINEGLASS AND OLIVE
Conundrum involving angular motion Read More
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D5-11: CORIOLIS EFFECT - BALL ON ROTATING PLATFORM
Illustrate the Coriolis effect Read More
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D5-12: CORIOLIS EFFECT - WATER JET
Model the Coriolis effect Read More
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D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL
Model the Foucault pendulum Read More
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D5-21: BALL ROLLING ON ROTATING DISC
Show that a sphere rolling on a rotating disc will move in circles Read More
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D5-22: ROTATING PENDULUM
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system Read More
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D5-23: ROTATING BEAD ON LOOP
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system Read More
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D5-24: ROTATING PENDULA - LENGTH VS. HEIGHT
Show that pendula of different length suspended from the same point rotating at the same angular speed rise to the… Read More
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