Statics of Fluids
F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way.
F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way.
F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element.
F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy.
F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon.
F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon.
F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way.
F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner.
F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar.
F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top and bottom surface, experience a buoyant force, as does a cylinder?"
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's law, and Archimedes' law.
F1-21: LIPLESS STRAW
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate the role of atmospheric pressure in the operation of a drinking straw.
F1-15: PRESSURE GLOBE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
To illustrate several interesting phenomena related to air pressure
F1-14: PISTON DIAMETER VS TRAVEL - WORKING MODEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Show that with an incompressible fluid the bigger piston moves more slowly than the smaller piston.
F1-13: CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate a mechanism which produces a constant water pressure.
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F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced… Read More
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F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's… Read More
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F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Demonstrate explicitly how a Cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the… Read More
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F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top… Read More
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F2-05 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
Illustrates buoyancy
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F2-06: BUOYANCY - SINKING BOAT
Illustrates buoyancy Read More
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F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar. Read More
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F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner. Read More
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F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way. Read More
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F2-11: HYDROMETER
Measure the density of a liquid. Read More
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F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon. Read More
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F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon. Read More
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F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid. Read More
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F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy. Read More
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F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element. Read More
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F2-27: Buoyancy Paradox - Two Spheres
Buoyancy of two spheres on a balance Read More
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F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way. Read More
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F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way. Read More
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F2-41: DENSITY - SLOPE OF MASS VS VOLUME GRAPH
Determine the density of water. Read More
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