Mechanics

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Choose a subtopic from the list below and see the demos we have to offer.

• 1A : Measurement

  
  
  • 1A20 Error and Accuracy
    • 1A20.10 - Gaussian Collision Board
    • 1A20.60 - Reaction Time
    
    
  • 1A30 Coordinate Systems
    • 1A30.10 - XYZ Axis
    • 1A30.40 - Chalkboard Globe
    
    
  • 1A60 Scaling
    • 1A60.10 - Powers of Ten
    
    
  
  

• 1C : Motion in One Dimension

  
  
  • 1C10 Velocity
    • 1C10.27 - Air Track and Glider
    • 1C10.30 - Approaching Instantaneous Velocity
    
    
  • 1C20 Uniform Acceleration
    • 1C20.16 - Drop Ball and Paper
    • 1C20.30 - Inclined Air Track
    • N/A - Ball on Incline Video
    • N/A - Real Time x,v, and a
    
    
  
  

• 1D : Motion in Two Dimensions

  
  
  • 1D10 Displacement in Two Dimensions
    • 1D10.20 - Cycloid Generator
    • 1D10.40 - Mounted Wheel
    
    
  • 1D15 Velocity, Position, and Acceleration
    • 1D15.20 - High road; Low Road
    
    
  • 1D40 Motion of the Center of Mass
    • 1D40.10 - Dumbbell with Light (Broken)
    
    
  • 1D50 Central Forces
    • 1D50.10 - Ball on a String
    • 1D50.20 - Whirligig
    • 1D50.40 - Pail of Water, Pail of Nails
    
    
  • 1D52 Deformation by Central Force
    • 1D52.10 - Flattening Earth
    • 1D52.20 - Water Parabola
    
    
  • 1D55 Centrifugal Escape
    • 1D55.10 - Broken Ring
    
    
  • 1D60 Projectile Motion
    • 1D60.10 - Howitzer and Tunnel
    • 1D60.15 - Howitzer and Tunnel on Incline
    • 1D60.20 - Simultaneous Fall
    • 1D60.30 - Monkey and Hunter
    • 1D60.40 - Range of a Gun
    
    
  
  

• 1E : Relative Motion

  
  
  • 1E10 Moving Reference Frames
    • 1E10.10 - Crossing the River
    
    
  
  

• 1F : Newton's First Law

  
  
  • 1F20 Inertia of Rest
    • 1F20.10 - Inertia Balls
    • 1F20.20 - Smash Your Hand
    • 1F20.35 - Eggs and Pizza Pan
    
    
  • 1F30 Inertia of Motion
    • 1F30.10 - Persistence of Motion
    
    
  
  

• 1G : Newton's Second Law

  
  
  • 1G10 Force, Mass, and Acceleration
    • 1G10.11 - Constant Mass Acceleration System
    • 1G10.25 - Acceleration Block
    • 1G10.40 - Atwood's Machine
    
    
  • 1G20 Accelerated Reference Frames
    • 1G20.45 - Dropped Slinky
    • 1G20.85 - Acceleration Pendulum Cart
    
    
  
  

• 1H : Newton's Third Law

  
  
  • 1H10 Action and Reaction
    • 1H10.10 - Push Me Pull Me Carts
    • 1H10.20 - Newton's Sailboat
    
    
  • 1H11 Recoil
    • 1H11.10 - Floor Cart and Medicine Ball
    • 1H11.30 - Liquid Nitrogen Cannon
    
    
  
  

• 1J : Statics of Rigid Bodies

  
  
  • 1J10 Finding Center of Gravity
    • 1J10.12 - Hanging Shapes
    • 1J10.20 - Meter Stick on Fingers
    • 1J10.25 - Center of Gravity of a Broom
    • 1J10.30 - Loaded Beam - Moving Scales
    
    
  • 1J11 Exceeding Center of Gravity
    • 1J11.10 - Leaning Tower of Pisa
    • 1J11.15 - Tipping Block on Incline
    • 1J11.20 - Tower of Lire
    
    
  • 1J20 Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium
    • 1J20.10 - Bowling Ball Stability
    
    
  • 1J30 Resolution of Forces
    • 1J30.10 - Suspended Block
    • 1J30.20 - Tension in a String
    • 1J30.25 - Rope and Three Students
    • 1J30.50 - Blackboard Force Table
    • N/A - Plummeting Painter
    • N/A - Strong Men
    • N/A - Blackboard Mechanics
    
    
  • 1J40 Static Torque
    • 1J40.20 - Torque Beam
    • 1J40.40 - Loaded Beam
    • N/A - Torque Wrench
    
    
  
  

• 1K : Applications of Newton's Laws

  
  
  • 1K10 Dynamic Torque
    • 1K10.10 - Tipping Block
    • 1K10.20 - Against a Wall
    • 1K10.30 - Walking the Spool
    • N/A - Adjustable Bar
    
    
  • 1K20 Friction
    • 1K20.10 - Friction Blocks-Surface Material
    • 1K20.15 - Weight Dependence of Friction
    • 1K20.20 - Area Dependence of Friction
    • 1K20.35 - Angle of Repose
    • N/A - Blackboard Mechanics
    
    
  • 1K30 Pressure
    • 1K30.10 - Bed of Nails
    
    
  
  

• 1L : Gravity

  
  
  • 1L20 Orbits
    • 1L20.40 - Conic Sections
    • N/A - Inverse Square Law Model
    
    
  
  

• 1M : Work and Energy

  
  
  • 1M10 Work
    • 1M10.10 - Shelf and Block
    
    
  • 1M20 Simple Machines
    • 1M20.10 - Pulleys
    • N/A - Blackboard Mechanics
    
    
  • 1M40 Conservation of Energy
    • 1M40.10 - Nose Basher
    • 1M40.15 - Stopped Pendulum
    • 1M40.20 - Loop the Loop
    • 1M40.25 - Energy Well Track
    • 1M40.40 - Ballistic Pendulum
    
    
  
  

• 1N : Linear Momentum and Collisions

  
  
  • 1N20 Conservation of Linear Momentum
    • N/A - Spring-Connected Masses
    
    
  • 1N21 Mass and Momentum Transfer
    • 1N21.10 - Floor Carts and Medicine Ball
    
    
  • 1N22 Rockets :
    • 1N22.20 - Water Rocket
    
    
  • 1N30 Collision in One Dimension
    • 1N30.10 - Collision Balls
    • 1N30.30 - Air Track Collision Gliders
    • 1N30.65 - Double Air Glider Bounce
    
    
  
  

• 1Q : Rotational Dynamics

  
  
  • 1Q10 Moment of Inertia
    • 1Q10.30 - Ring, Disc, and Sphere
    • 1Q10.35 - All Discs Roll the Same
    
    
  • 1Q20 Rotational Energy
    • 1Q20.30 - Rolling Spool
    
    
  • 1Q30 Transfer of Angular Momentum
    • 1Q30.10 - Passing the Wheel
    • 1Q30.20 - Drop Bags o'Rice
    • 1Q30.30 - Catch the Ball on the Stool
    
    
  • 1Q40 Conservation of Angular Momentum
    • 1Q40.10 - Rotating Stool and Dumbbells
    • 1Q40.25 - Pulling on the Whirligig
    • 1Q40.30 - Rotating Stool and Bicycle Wheel
    
    
  • 1Q50 Gyros :
    • 1Q50.20 - Bicycle Wheel Gyro
    • 1Q50.24 - Walking the Wheel
    • 1Q50.40 - Suitcase Gyro
    
    
  • 1Q60 Rotational Stability
    • 1Q60.30 - Rotational Stability
    • 1Q60.40 - Tossing the Book
    
    
  
  

• 1R : Properties of Matter

  
  
  • 1R10 Hooke's Law
    • 1R10.30 - Springs in Series and Parallel
    
    
  • 1R20 Tensile and Compressive Stress
    • 1R20.10 - Breaking Wire
    • 1R20.20 - Bending Beam
    
    
  • 1R30 Shear Stress
    • 1R30.10 - Shear Book
    
    
  • 1R40 Coeficient of Restitution
    • 1R40.10 - Bouncing Balls
    • 1R40.30 - Happy and Unhappy Balls
    
    
  
  

• Audio-Visual Resources

  
  

  The Mechanics videos are stored in MSTB 139.

  
  
  • • The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond: Vol.1-11, Vol.13-15, & Vol.19-26
    • Physics Single-Concept Films Collection 1, Unit I-IV
    • Physics Single-Concept Films Collection 2, Unit I-II
    • Physics Demonstrations in Mechanics