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Mechanics


Most items in this list can be found in cabinet E-3 and F-2.  Accessories such as clamps, rods, ringstands, etc. can be found in the shelves near the ramp in 164.

[Room 164 Storage Layout]

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Standards of Mass
Our common masses are 
1Kg and 10N.

Storage Location:  Ramp
Setup Time: set out

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Standards of Length

 

Storage Location:  LIB
Setup Time: set out

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Radian Wheel

Storage Location:  Ramp (up high)
Setup Time: set out

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Components of a Vector
(chalkboard and string vectors available)

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time:  set out 

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Powers of Ten
(video disc or VHS tape)

Storage Location:  VID
Setup Time:  set out 

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Bulldozer on Moving Sheet

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time:  set out 

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Penny and Feather

Storage Location:  E3- top shelf
Setup Time: ~3 min.

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Ultrasonic Ranger w/Student

Storage Location:  BD
Setup Time:  Ask for help 

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Throw Object (center of mass demo)

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time:  set out 

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Ball on a String

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time: set out 

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Pail of Water or Nails

Storage Location:  Sink-
(use the mil. surp. teapot with the metal handle)
Setup Time:  set out. 

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Howitzer and Tunnel (ballistic car by Pasco)

Storage Location:  parts are at ramp up high and track is at the end of row F near the big ladder.
Setup Time:  ~ 5 min. 

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Monkey and Hunter

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time: ~5-10 min.

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Inertia Balls
(ours is built in a frame)

 

 

          

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           Pin and Hoop

          

 

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Persistance of Motion (available only in 162)

Storage Location:  162
Setup Time:  opens with no. 2 cabinet key.
  

 

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Atwood's Machine

Storage Location:  in parts
Setup Time: ask for help

 

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Push Me /Pull Me Carts
(available soon)

Storage Location:  n/a
Setup Time: set out 

 

"Wine Caddy"

A board cut with a hole and a special angle on the bottom support a bottle of water - center of mass demo.

Storage Location:  E3 COM box
Setup Time: set out

 

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Map of State
(Several COM demos)

Storage Location:  parts all near ramp
Setup Time:  ~4 min. 

 

Belt and Hook

Fused band saw blade with aluminum hook

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time:  ~2 min. 

 

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Tower of Lire
(available soon)

Storage Location:  
Setup Time: 

 

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Suspended Block
(on blackboard)

Storage Location:  E3 and magnet board (back of Roger's filing cabinet)
Setup Time:  ~5 min. 

 

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Rope and Three Students

Storage Location:  E3 or ramp for rope
Setup Time:  set out 

 

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Grip Bar or sometimes called "Torque bar" or just "T-bar"

Storage Location:  LIB
Setup Time:  set out 

 

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Robervall Balance - simulates

the operation of a standard

lab balance.

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time: set out 

 

Torque using blackboard mechanics set.

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time:  ~3 min. 

 

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Walking the Spool
(small version)

Storage Location:  ramp shelves
Setup Time: set out

 

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Friction Blocks

Storage Location:  box and weights are in E3 and the spring scales are in the BB Mech. box in E3
Setup Time: set out

 

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Static vs. Sliding Friction

Storage Location:  Same as 1K2010.
Setup Time:  set out 

 

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Bed of Nails

Storage Location:  between row F and Ramp
Setup Time: set out - SAFETY WARNING - Talk to Roger before using

 

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Nose Basher (available in 162 only)

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time:  3 min. 

 

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Stopped Pendulum (interupted pendulum)

Storage Location:  parts near ramp
Setup Time: ~3 min

 

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Egg in Sheet

Storage Location:  eggs in Ref. sheet in E3
Setup Time:  ~4-6 min 

 

 

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Fire Extiguisher Rocket

Storage Location:  Stair closet in Chem 
Setup Time: ask Roger 

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Water Rocket

Storage Location:  E3
Setup Time: varies - ask roger a day in advance

 

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Collision Balls (Newton's Cradle)

Storage Location:  ramp top of shelves
Setup Time: set out 

 

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Ring, Desk and Sphere

Storage Location:  E3 and incline at ramp
Setup Time: set out 

 

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Adj. Angular Momentum
(available soon)

Storage Location:  
Setup Time: 

 

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Rotating Stool and Weights

Storage Location:  ask Roger
Setup Time: set out

 

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Rotating Stool and Wheel

Storage Location:  Ask Roger
Setup Time: set out

 

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Precessing Disk 
(available soon)

Storage Location:  
Setup Time: 

 

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Bicycle Wheel Gyro
(other gyro available -
not this one)

Storage Location:  E3 - spinner in S5A
Setup Time: set out

 

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Bike Wheel Top

Storage Location:  E3 - spinner in S5A
Setup Time: set out 

 

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Stretching a Spring

Storage Location:  various
Setup Time: ask Roger to set up