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Solid Mechanics

Basic Units
1A10.20 Mass A calibrated mass.
1A10.30 Length A calibrated meter.
1A10.33 History of the Standard Meter An interesting historical article from the AJP.
1A10.35 Painted Meter Stick Meter stick with visible marks for cm units.
1A10.40 Time Metronome.
1A10.48 Orrery Show sidereal time.
1A10.51 Pan Balance The familiar laboratory balance.
1A10.55 Density Aluminum and wood cubes to discuss mass and volume.
Error and Accuracy
1A20.11 Binomial Distribution Hex stat  Ball bearings are scattered to form a binomial distribution.
1A20.20 Coin Flip  Tally up a series of coin tosses
Vectors
1A40.11 Vectors Blackboard vector.
1A40.30 Vector Addition and Subtraction Three blackboard vectors.
Scaling 1A60.10 Powers of Ten Travel from the outer limits space to the inner limits of quarks.
Velocity
1C10.10 Truck on a Tablecloth A toy truck rolls across a moving tablecloth.
1C10.20 Nearly Constant Velocity Dynamic Cart A cart travels across a long track.
1C10.25 Constant Velocity Air Track Glider Frictionless glider on an air track.
Uniform Acceleration
1C20.10 Penny and Feather An evacuated tube contains a coin and feather.
1C20.20 Strings of Beads Beads are spaced equal times or in equal spaces.
1C20.30 Inclined Air track Photocell graphs velocity versus time.
1C20.44 Galileo's Incline A metronome ticks as a balls rolls.
Measuring
1C30.55 Catch a Stick Drop and catch a meter stick to find your reaction time.
1C30.56 Picket Fence Graph the velocity during freefall acceleration
Displacement in Two Dimensions

1D10.10 Rotation objects  Irregular objects serve as rotation props to show the radian, tangent and angle vectors.

1D10.20 Inversor A device transforms circular motion into two linear motion.

1D10.40 Bike Wheel Bike wheel used as a prop.

1D10.50 Ball on a Turntable Project the shadows of circular and linear motion.

Velocity, Position, and Acceleration
1D15.20 Cycloid Generator A mechanical device traces the path of a cycloid.
1D15.15 Kick Ball Kick a ball.
1D15.50 Cycloid Track Two balls released at different heights meet equally along a cycloid track.
1D15.55 High Road Low Road Two balls race along different paths.
1D15.45 Three Rails Three balls race different paths.
Motion of the Center of Mass
1D40.10 Walk the Boat A person walks forward in a lightweight boat that slides backward.
1D40.14 Throw Toy An irregular shaped rubber toy is tossed in the air.
1D40.35 Center of Mass of the Earth/Moon Masses with 60:1 ratio hang off balanced stick.
1D40.50 Double Pendulum Glider A pendulum swings a glider.
Central Force
1D50.20 Cork on a String Cork on a string swings in a circle.
1D50.40 Pail of Water Swing a bucket of water overhead.
1D50.56 Rotation Apparatus Computerized turntable with slider.
1D50.70 Rolling Chain A bike chain becomes rigid when spinning.
Deformation by a Central Force
1D52.10 Flattening the Earth Spin a flexible globe.
1D52.17 Water Vortex A water vortex forms when a jug is spun.
1D52.20 Water Lens Spin a pan of water to form a parabolic lens.
1D52.32 Bubble in Water Spin a flat disk of water with an air bubble on the overhead.
1D52.37 Centrifuge A hand crank spins test tubes with mixture.
Centrifugal Escape
1D55.10 Cork on a String A mass on a string is whirled in a circle overhead.
1D55.11 Broken Ring A ball rolls around a loop with a gap.
1D55.12 Mass on a Spring A mass on a spring is whirled in a circle overhead.
1D55.30 Merry-Go-Round Spin a platter and accelerate a puck.
Projectile Motion
1D60.05 Simple Ball Simply toss a tennis ball.
1D60.10 Howitzer Ball is fired from a moving howitzer.
1D60.20 Simultaneous Fall One ball drops and another is launched with both vertical and horizontal motion.
1D60.30 Monkey and Dart Hit a fleeing monkey.
1D60.40 Water Parabola Shadow project a squirting water nozzle.
1D60.72 Vertical Billiards The Cue ball triggers the shot into freefall.
Moving Reference Frames

1E10.10 Truck and Tablecloth Pull a tablecloth from under a moving truck.

1E10.11 Parallel Tracks Two tracks translate as independent coordinate systems.

Inertia Measurement 1F10.10 Inertia Balance Leaf springs vibrate with a period proportional to a mass load.
Inertia of Rest
1F20.10 Inertia Ball Break string supports of a heavy ball.
1F20.30 Pull a Table Cloth Yank a tablecloth out from under a dinner setting.
1F20.50 Shift the track under the Dynamic Cart Shift a track under a stationary cart.
Inertia of Motion
1F30.10 Persistence of Motion Give a push to a dynamic cart
1F30.21 Water Hammer Pound a glass tube with degassed water.
1F30.50 Track on a Track A cart continues to move after the track is stopped.
Force, Mass and Acceleration
1G10.10 Air Track Give a push to an air track glider.
1G10.11 Graph Acceleration Graph acceleration.
1G10.13 Dynamic Cart and Incline Use a cart on an incline with a mass and pulley.
1G10.25 Acceleration Block Block is pulled by a mass on string over a pulley.
1G10.30 Mass and Spring Scale  A spring scale reacts to the force of a hand.
1G10.40 Atwood's Machine Blackboard pulley and masses.
1G10.53 Dynamic Track Push a frictionless mass-cart with a force.
Accelerated Reference Frames
1G20.41 Freefall Spring Scale An extended spring scale contracts in freefall.
1G20.45 Dropped Slinky An extended slinky contracts in freefall but the end remains fixed.
Action and Reaction
1H10.02 Burning String A balance reacts to a mass on a spring .
1H10.10 Push Me Pull You Human momentum carts are used to push and pull.
1H10.13 Firecracker Sandwich A firecracker explodes between two gliders.
1H10.20 Newton's Sailboat A fan cart blower can't propel its own sail.

Recoil

1H11.02 Burning String A balance reacts to a mass on a spring .
Finding the Center of Gravity
1J10.10 Center of  Mass A flat shape is hung by two different points.
1J10.30 Meter Stick on Fingers Fingers slide together under a meter stick.
Exceeding the Center of Gravity
1J11.15 Tipping Block on Incline Raise the end of a board to slide a block.
1J11.20 Leaning Tower of Lire Blocks are stacked and overhang an edge.
1J11.50 Double Cone Raise a double cone along inclined spindles.
Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium
1J20.22 Balance Bird A bird with leaded wingtips balances on its beak.
1J20.23 Curious George Curious George rides his bicycle on a tight rope.
1J20.60 Wine Butler A slanted board balances upright.
Resolution of Forces
1J30.20 Tension in a String A spring scale is pulled by two masses but the scale reads only one mass.
1J30.30 Break the String Push lightly onto a hinge and break a thick string.
1J30.40 Block on an Incline Plane A block on an incline is balanced by masses and pulleys.
1J30.50 Normal Force  A pan balance placed on an incline reads the normal force.
Static Torque
1J40.10 Torque Bar Slide a mass along a rod and increase the torque.
1J40.20 Torque Beam Hang different masses from lever arms.
1J40.40 Loaded Beam Hang weights at various points along a beam .
1J40.60 Slipping Ladder March a mass up the rungs of a ladder.
Dynamic Torque
1K10.10 Sliding Block Pull at various angles on a block with a spring scale.
1K10.20 Slipping Ladder Place a weight onto different ladder rungs.
1K10.30 Walk the Spool A spool will wind, unwind or slide when pulled at different angles.
1K10.50 Feeble Disc A disc with lead placed off center rolls uphill.
Friction
1K20.10 Friction Blocks Various surfaces are used to slide down an incline.
1K20.30 Static vs. Sliding Friction Pull a cinder block with a spring scale.
Pressure 1K30.10 Bed of Nails A sledgehammer is used to break a cinder block on a persons chest as they lay on a bed of nails.
Universal Gravitational Constant 1L10.10 Cavendish Balance Measure "G" with a torsion pendulum.
1L10.20 Cavendish Balance model Describe how a torsion pendulum measures G.
Orbits
1L20.10 Gravitational Well A lead ball distorts a rubber diaphragm.
1L20.17 Orbits in a Funnel Swirl a ball inside a large funnel.
1L20.40 Conic Sections A cone is sliced by a plane to produce an ellipse, a hyperbola and a parabola.
1L20.50 Ellipse Drawer A loop of string surrounds two pegs.
Work 1M10.20 Pile Driver A large mass is dropped to drive a nail into wood.
Simple Machines
1M20.10 Pulleys Use a simple pulleys to construct a block and tackle..
1M20.40 Lever
Non-conservative Forces 1M30.10 Sliding Mass on a Glider A small amount of friction shows a big effect.
1M30.20 Conservative and Non-Conservative Work  A board is dragged, then it is raised.
Conservation of Energy
1M40.10 Nose Basher A bowling ball pendulum threatens the nose.
1M40.15 Galileo Pendulum A stopped pendulum.
1M40.35 Three Rails Three balls race different paths.
1M40.20 Loop the Loop A ball drops from a height and traverses a vertical loop.
1M40.50 Glider and Spring A compressible and extensible spring pushes and pulls a glider.
Impulse and Thrust 1N10.20 Egg and Sheet Throw a raw egg and catch it with a large sheet.
Conservation of Linear Momentum
1N20.10 Air track Glider A glider moves with constant momentum.
1N20.11 Dynamic Cart A cart moves with nearly constant momentum.
1N20.13 Firecracker Sandwich A firecracker explodes between two gliders.
Rockets
1N22.10 Red Ball Express A rocket car gets its thrust from a CO2 fire extinguisher..
1N22.20 Water Rocket A bike pump fires a water bottle rocket.
Collisions in One Dimension
1N30.10 Newton's Cradle A cradle holds six collision balls.
1N30.30 Air Track Collisions Show elastic collisions.
1N30.60 Basketball and Tennis Ball A tennis ball and a basketball collide together.
1N30.65 Dynamic Cart Collisions Show both elastic and inelastic collisions with varying unequal masses.
Moment of Inertia
1Q10.20 Torsion Pendulum The moment of inertia is related to the period of oscillation.
1Q10.41 Whirlygig Adjust the angular momentum of a long bar.
1Q10.66 Bike Wheel and String Turn a wheel slow or fast and break by pulling a string.
1Q10.40 Racing Ball, Hoop and Disk A ball, hoop and disk race down an incline.
Rotational Energy
1Q20.10 Adjustable Rotational Energy A falling mass spins a weighted bar.
1Q20.30 Spool on an Incline A spool rolls slowly down an incline but quickly across the lecture bench.
1Q20.50 Hinged Stick/Falling Chimney A ball drops into a cup when a stick falls.
1Q20.52 Two Disks Drop two disks. One falls.  The other rotates and falls.
Transfer of Angular Momentum 1Q30.30 Center of Percussion A baseball bat does not break a toothpick.
Conservation of Angular Momentum
1Q40.10 Ice Skater Hold weights and fold arms while on a spinning stool.
1Q40.25 Whirligig Spin a cork overhead and raise a weight.
1Q40.26 Hoberman Sphere Pull a string to change the volume of a rotating sphere.
1Q40.30 Rotating Stool and Bicycle Wheel Invert and revert a spinning wheel while sitting on a stool.
1Q40.46 Bowling Frictional transfer from sliding to rolling.
1Q40.56 Acrobatic Astronauts Video of weightless astronauts toying with the angular momentum of their body form.
1Q40.63 Flywheel on a Stick An unbalanced flywheel wobbles when it rotates.
1Q40.70 Funnel Roll a marble down a funnel.
1Q40.80 Hero's Engine Steam from tangential nozzles acts like a lawn sprinkler.
Gyros
1Q50.00 Toy Gyro gyro will show precession and  nutation about a pivot.
1Q50.10 Gyro With Counterweights balanced gyro will precession and nutation about a pivot.
1Q50.23 Precession A spinning bike wheel hangs from a wire.
1Q50.30 Mitac Gyro Add weights to a large motorized demo gyro.
1Q50.45 Air Bearing Gyro A spinning ball precession about an air bearing.
Rotational Stability
1Q60.15 Humming Top A toy top that is pumped up.
1Q60.16 Celt An S shaped object has unique rotational behavior.
1Q60.30 Tippe Top A top that flips over.
1Q60.40 Tossing Block Toss a block into the air to tumble about the three principle axis.
Hooke's Law 1R10.10 Stretch a Spring Add masses to a spring.
1R10.11 Series and parallel springs
Tensile and Compressive Stress 1R20.10 Three Strings Hang weights from three different material strings.
Shear Stress 1R30.20 Foam Block Bend a foam block to show shear stress.
Coefficient of Restitution 1R40.30 Sad and Happy Balls Bounce elastic and inelastic balls.

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