Shaking Tower
In Part I, the tower is made to oscillate in its various resonance modes by a driver attached by a rubber band to the first floor of the tower. Wireless...
Rotational Inertia
The rotational inertia of an object is a measure of how hard it is to rotate the object. The purpose of this experiment is to find the rotational inertia...
Resistivity
The resistivity of different metals is determined by finding the resistance of wires of a known diameter as a function of their length. It is also shown...
RC Circuit
The manner by which the voltage on a capacitor decreases is studied. The half-life for the decay is measured directly and also calculated using the capacitive...
Ratio of Specific Heats of a Gas
A cylinder is filled with air and a Pressure Sensor is attached. The piston is plucked by hand and allowed to oscillate. The oscillating pressure is recorded...
Pumping Systems
We will determine the characteristic curves for two pumps. We will also observe the impact of placing pumps in series and in parallel.
Projectile Motion
The purpose of this experiment is to predict the horizontal range of a projectile shot from various heights and angles. In addition, students will compare...
Polarization of Light
Laser light is passed through two polarizers. As the second polarizer (the analyzer) is rotated by hand, the relative light intensity is recorded as a...
Piping Systems
We will determine the major losses due to friction in pipes and the minor losses due to elbows and valves.
Physical Pendulum - Period and Inertia
Period - This experiment explores the dependence of the period of a physical pendulum (a uniform...
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