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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.
C6-01 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Shows that the coefficient of friction does not depend upon the mass of the object although the frictional force does.
C5-14 ROCKET TRIKE
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C5-02 SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show that the action-reaction pairs have equal magnitude
C4-52 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall
C4-21 ATWOOD MACHINE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the second law of motion. Experimentally determine the acceleration due to gravity.
C3-03 INERTIA - MASSES HANGING IN SERIES
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Dramatically demonstrate inertia
C3-02 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Dramatically demonstrate inertia
C2-27 FUNNEL CART ON INCLINE
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C2-26 FUNNEL CART WITH MASS OVER PULLEY
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
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
B1-06: Double Cone - Large
Category: B1 Center of Mass Statics
Purpose:
Demonstrate a center-of-mass paradox
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G3-01 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
Demonstrates traveling waves
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G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses. Read More
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G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
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G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Demonstrate standing waves. Read More
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G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes. Read More
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G3-06: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - IMPEDANCE MATCHING
Show that no reflection occurs when the impedance of the load (absorber at right) matches the impedance of the wave machine. Read More
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G3-07: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TAPERED TRANSFORMER
Useful for obtaining a reasonably good impedance match between the two large segments of the Shive machine. Read More
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G3-08: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FABREY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer. Read More
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G3-09: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FREQUENCY FILTERING
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer. Read More
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G3-10: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - BRANCHING
Demonstrate branching and recombining with two wave machines in parallel. Read More
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G3-11: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - RESONANCE ABSORPTION
Demonstrate resonance absorption of wave energy by a mass-on-spring system. Read More
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G3-20: WAVE APPARATUS
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal wave motion. Read More
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G3-21 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
Demonstrates traveling waves
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G3-23: TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE END
Show reflections at a free end. Read More
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G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Show travelling waves. Read More
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G3-25: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - IMPEDANCE MISMATCH
Show partial reflections and dependence of wave speed on density of the medium. Read More
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G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders. Read More
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G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table. Read More
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G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves
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G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE
Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves. Read More
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G3-31: Spring and Horns
Show sound waves from a mechanical wave Read More
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G3-41: WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION
Demonstrate standing waves, travelling waves, and superposition of waves. Read More
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G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES
Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves Read More
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G3-43 WHIP
Illustrates transverse wave motion.
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G3-45: RESONANCE OF WIRES
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end. Read More
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G3-46: STANDING WAVES IN A WIRE LOOP
Illustrate circular standing waves; to use as a model of stationary states in atoms corresponding to standing waves of electrons… Read More
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G3-51 ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - FREQUENCY VS. WAVELENGTH
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end. Read More
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G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH
Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied. Read More
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G3-53 STANDING WAVES IN A STRING
Demonstrates standing waves on a thin string
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