- 3A10. Pendula
- 3A10.10 Simple Pendulum Suspend a simple pendulum from a ringstand.
- 3A10.15 Bowling Ball Pendulum Suspend a bowling ball from the ceiling.
- 3A10.17 Different Mass Pendula Pendula of the same length and different mass oscillate together.
- 3A10.20 Inverted Pendulum Show an inverted pendulum
- 3A10.21 Metronome as a Pendulum The metronome as an adjustable pendulum.
- 3A10.30 Torsion Pendulum Displays oscillatory motion of an evenly distributed circular mass hanging from a wire.
- 3A10.50 Cyclodial Pendulum Demonstrate that a cycloidal pendulum with any amplitude has a period identical to an equal length simple pendulum at small amplitude.
- 3A10.w70 Buoyant Pendulum Displays interaction between constant gravitational force and changing buoyant force.
- 3A15. Physical Pendula
- 3A15.10 Physical Pendulum Simple pendulum connected to pivot with a rod allows for oscillations of greater than 90 degrees.
- 3A15.25 Oscillating Hoop Adjust a simple pendulum to give the same period as a hoop.
- 3A15.40 Truncated Ring Any partial ring regardless of its fraction of the entire ring will oscillate with the same period if they have the same radius.
- 3A15.70 Kater’s Pendulum An elaborate pendulum that allows “g” to be determined accurately.
- 3A20. Springs & Oscillators
- 3A20.10 Mass on a Spring A mass oscillates slowly on a large spring.
- 3A20.13 Mass on a Spring Use a Slinky for a spring and vary k by using different numbers of turns.
- 3A20.20 Springs in Series and Parallel Identical to 1R10.30.
- 3A20.30 Air Track Glider and Spring An air glider is attached to a single horizontal coil spring.
- 3A20.35 Air Track Glider Between Springs A glider between two springs on an air track.
- 3A40. Simple Harmonic Motion
- 3A40.10 Circular Motion vs. Mass on Spring Synchronize the periods of two different oscillating bodies.
- 3A40.40 Tuning Fork with Light Project a laser off a mirror on a tuning fork to a rotating mirror onto a screen.
- 3A50. Damped Oscillators
- 3A50.15 Texas Tower Driven, damped mass on a spring.
- 3A50.15 Data Acquisition Device (Mass on a Spring) The data acquisition device acts as a mass on a spring.
- 3A50.45 Damped Physical Pendulum A magnet swings over a copper sheet resting on a lab jack that can be adjusted for different levels of damping.
- 3A60. Driven Mechanical Resonance
- 3A60.30 Barton’s Pendula A set of pendula of increasing length are driven in common at varying frequencies
- 3A60.40 Driven Mass on a Spring A speaker driver oscillates the top of a spring to display varying resonances.
- 3A60.43 Texas Tower Driven mass on a spring.
- 3A70. Coupled Oscillations
- 3A70.10 Wilberforce Pendulum Energy transfers between vertical and torsional modes.
- 3A70.21 Coupled Pendula Five identical pendula are coupled by a slightly flexible support.
- 3A70.23 Synchronized Metronomes A set of out of phase metronomes synchronize due to coupled oscillations.
- 3A70.27 Coupled Pendula Two physical pendula are coupled by a spring.
- 3A70.40 Inverted Coupled Pendula Two vertical hacksaw blades with weights at the top are coupled at the bottom.
- 3A70.41 Coupled Upside Down Pendula Two adjustable upside down pendula are coupled with a rubber band.
- 3A70.45 Coupled Masses on Springs Displays the two modes of a pair of coupled harmonic oscillators.
- 3A75. Normal Modes
- 3A75.10 Coupled Harmonic Oscillators A system of coupled oscillators is driven at known resonant frequencies.
- 3A75.11 Coupled Harmonic Oscillators Several identical air track gliders are coupled with identical springs.
- 3A80. Lissajous Figures
- 3A80.20 Lissajous Figures on the Scope Two function generators are fed into the x and y channels of a scope
- 3A80.40 Lissajous Figures – Laser Use small mirrors on tuning forks to project a laser beam on the wall. Adjust tuning fork to show effect of different frequencies.
- 3A80.37 Lissajous Figures – Koenig Apparatus Koenig apparatus with six rods of different width ratios will produce different Lissajous figures when observed from above.
- 3A80.40 Lissajous Figures, Tuning Forks with Laser Use small mirrors on tuning forks to project a beam of light on the wall.
- 3A95. Non-Linear Systems
- 3A95.32 Large Amplitude Pendulum Use a rod instead of a string to support the bob and observe up to 160 degree angles.
- 3A95.50 Double Pendulum Chaos in the double pendulum system is discussed.
- 3A95.52 Mechanical Chaos Demonstrations Two mechanical chaos demonstrations are shown.
- 3A95.54 Bi-stable Pendulum A bi-stable pendulum.
Wesleyan University Dept. of Physics
