Torsional Pendulum
The torsional pendulum consists of a torsion wire attached to a Rotary Motion Sensor with an object (a disk, a ring, or a rod with point masses) mounted...
Tensile Testing Metals
The three metal tensile samples are made from 1018 Steel, 360 Brass and 2024-T3 Aluminum. The properties measured for these samples include Young’s Modulus,...
Specific Heat
The purpose of this activity is to determine the specific heat of a metal object and see how that can help identity the metal. A Temperature Sensor is...
Sliding Friction
The purpose of this experiment is to find the coefficient of static friction and the coefficient of kinetic friction for different surfaces. As the Force...
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.
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