REFERENCES
REFERENCES SECTION C
C1: CENTER OF MASS MOTION
- C1-01: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - BARBELL
- R. D. Edge, Distinction between center of mass and center of gravity
- Oscillation of rod-shaped satellite as an example, AJP 53, 1002-1004 (1985).
- C1-02: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - PLUMBER'S HELPER
- None.
- C1-03: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - CLOWN
- None.
- C1-04: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - BEAR ON TIGHT
ROPE
- None.
- C1-11: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS PENDULUM
- None.
- C1-12: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS OF COUPLED GLIDERS
- None.
- C1-13: AIR TRACK - REDUCED MASS
- Information Sheet.
- C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
- A. J. Mallinckrodt, The Incipient Slip of a Tipping Object, AAPT Announcer, December 1988, page 146.
- Fredy R. Zypman, Moments to remember - The conditions for equating torque and rate of change of momentum, AJP 58, 41-43 (1990).
C2: KINEMATICS IN ONE AND TWO DIMENSIONS
- C2-01: AIR TRACK - CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION
- Information Sheet.
- Nobuo Naba, Recording of a Glider's Motion Using a Ladder of Light, AJP 42 (409-410 (1974).
- Lawrence A. Mink and Charles A. Hughes, Low-cost easily constructed dual-photogate timer, AJP 61, 951-953 (1993).
- C2-02: AIR TRACK - DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION
- None.
- C2-03: AIR TRACK - UNIFORM ACCELERATION
- Letter: Lecture-Room Measurement of the Value of g, AJP 20, 312 (1952).
- Edward Kluk and John L. Lopez, Don't Use Airtracks to Measure Gravity Acceleration, TPT 30, 48-54 (1992).
- C2-04: FREE FALL WITH PHOTOCELL GATES
- None.
- C2-05: FREE FALL- USING FILMLOOPS
- Information Sheet.
- C2-06: BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS
- R. D. Edge, Dropping a String of Marbles, TPT 16, 233, (1978).
- Tom Callaway and James Dennis, Listening to Free Fall with the MacRecorder, TPT 32, 88-89 (1994).
- Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstration M-85. Freely Falling Bodies.
- Information sheet.
- C2-07: FREE FALL - EQUAL INTERVALS
- None.
- C2-08: FREE FALL - STROBE PHOTOS
- Information Sheet.
- C2-09: FREE FALL WITH STROBE
- None.
- C2-10: CONSTANT VELOCITY - GALILEO'S
EXPERIMENT
- Frank S. Crawford, Rolling and slipping down Galileo's inclined
plane: Rhythms of the spheres, AJP 64, 541-546 (1996).
- C2-11: RACING BALLS
- Set of sketches for UMD racing Balls demonstration.
- Eric Rogers, Brachistochrone and Tautochrone Curves for Rolling Bodies, AJP 14, 249-252 (1946).
- Giulio Venezian, Terrestrial Brachistochrone, AJP 34, 701-704 (1966).
- T. M. Atanackovic, The brachistochrone for a material point with arbitrary initial velocity, AJP 46, 1274-1275 (1978).
- David G. Stork, Problem: Down in the Valley, AJP 51, 132, 174 (1983).
- Harry H. Denman, Remarks on brachistochrone - tautochrone problems, AJP 53, 224-227 (1985).
- David G. Stork, Ju-xing Yang, and Chris Stover, The unrestrained brachistochrone, AJP 54, 992-997 (1986).
- David G. Stork, Making New Problems from Old Ones, TPT 24, 341-345 (1986).
- Ju-xing Yang, David G. Stork, and David Galloway, The rolling unrestrained brachistochrone, AJP 55, 844-847 (1987).
- R. D. Edge, The Brachistochrone - or, the longer way round may be the quickest way home, TPT 23, 372-373 (1985).
- Art Schmidt and Dan Cieslik, Doing Physics: High Road / Low Road, TPT 27, 293-295 (1989).
- Paul Hewitt, Figuring Physics, TPT 27, 640 (1989).
- Kevin J. Tillotson, Who Will Win the Race, II, TPT 28, 537-538 (1990).
- William J. Leonard and William J. Gerace, The Power of Simple
reasoning, TPT 34, 280-283 (1996).
- Asif Shakur and Andrew Pica, On An Ambiguous Demonstration, TPT 35,
316-317 (1997).
- C2-21: BALLS DROPPED AND SHOT
- None.
- C2-22: MONKEY AND HUNTER
- Hyman R. Cohen, A General Solution of " The Falling Monkey" Problem, TPT 2, 227, ( 1964).
- Ralph Vesecky, Solving The Trajectory Problem Without Trigonometry, TPT 8, 263-265, (1970).
- Albert A. Bartlett, Harry Clark, and Robert Stoller, Improvements in the "monkey and the hunter" demonstration apparatus, AJP 43, 561-562 (1975).
- Chris Zafiratos, Harry Clark, and Robert Stoller, Compressed air launch mechanism for the "monkey and hunter" demonstration, AJP 43, 562 (1975).
- Albert A. Bartlett, Gary Fladstol, and Lori Laingor, Accuracy of the "monkey and the hunter" demonstration, AJP 43, 562-563 (1975).
- Charles W. Scherr, The Monkey and the Hunter, TPT 17, 184, (1979).
- T. M. Kalotas, A. R. Lee, and R. B. Miller, Einstein on Safari, TPT 29, 122-123 (1991).
- Yoav Ben-Dov, Why the Dart Always Hits, TPT 31, 526-528 (1993).
- C2-23: TRAJECTORY OF BALL - MODEL
- Information Sheet.
- C2-24: WATER DROP PARABOLA
- Central Scientific Co.,Chicago, Ill. , Water Drop Parabola Demonstrator, CENCO cat no. 076030.
- B. F. Griffing and J. R. Priest, Apparatus for Demonstrating the Independence of Components of Motion for a Projectile, AJP 38, 1160-1161 (1970).
- H. A. Buckmaster, Ideal ballistic trajectories revisited, AJP 53 (638-641 (1985).
- B. Bagchi and Paul Holody, Study of Projectile Motion by Angular Momentum and Torque, TPT 29, 376-377 (1991).
- Carey S. Inouye and Eric W. T. Chong, Maximum Range of a Projectile, TPT 30, 168-169 (1992).
- Ronald A. Brown, Maximizing the Range of a Projectile, TPT 30, 344-347 (1992).
- Denis Donnelly, The parabolic envelope of constant initial speed trajectories, AJP 60, 1149-1150 (1992).
- Jeffrey W. Schnick, Projectile Motion Details, TPT 32, 266-269 (1994).
- Alexander S. Kondratyev and Willard Sperry, Direct Use of Vectors in Mechanics Problems, TPT 32, 416-418 (1994).
- James S. Walker, Projectiles: Are They Coming or Going, TPT 33, 282-284 (1995).
- C2-25: FUNNEL CART
- None.
- C2-26: FUNNEL CART WITH MASS OVER PULLEY
- None.
- C2-27: FUNNEL CART ON INCLINED PLANE
- Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstration M-99. Relativity Car.
- Richard M. Sutton, Three Demonstration Experiments on Projectile Motion, AJP 12, 104-105 (1944).
- Harry F. Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Volume 1, Section 7-2.16, page 127.
- Fred B. Otto, Modified Ballistic Car Demonstration, AJP 42, 326 (1974).
- Robert Prigo and Abel Rosales, More general and interesting versions of the ballistics cart and tunnel demonstration, AJP 44, 783-785 (1976).
- Raymond A. Serway, Jim Lehman, and Richard Hall, The Ballistic Cart on an Incline Revisited, TPT 33, 578-580 (1995).
- C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER
- Michael McCloskey, Intuitive Physics, Scientific American Volume 248 # 4, April 1983, pp. 122-130.
- C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES
- Jose M. Aguirre, Student Preconceptions about Vector Kinematics, TPT 26, 212-216 (1988).
- Alfredo A. Louro, Letter: Are Arrows Vectors? and Similar Problems, TPT 31, 390 (1993).
- Robert P. Bauman, Letter, TPT 31, 390-391 (1993).
- C2-42: VELOCITY ADDITION WITH FILMLOOP
- None.
- C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC RANGER
- Universal Lab Interface manuals.
- B. Duschesne, C. W. Fischer, and C. G. Gray, Inexpensive and accurate position tracking with an ultrasonic ranging module and a personal computer, AJP 59, 998-1002 (1991).
- Ian R. Gatland, Robert Kahlscheuer, and Hicham Menkara, Experiments utilizing an ultrasonic range finder, AJP 60, 451-454 (1992).
C3: FIRST LAW OF MOTION
- C3-01: INERTIA - SMALL STEEL BALL
- Haym Kruglak and Robert Scherzer, An Applause-Winning Inertia Trick, TPT 33, 284 (1995).
- C3-02: INERTIA - TABLECLOTH TRICK
- Joseph Perez, The tablecloth pull, TPT 15, 242, (1977).
- H. T. Hudson, There's more to it than inertia, TPT 23, 163, (1985).
- Haber-Schaim and Dodge, There's More to it than Friction, TPT 29, 56-57, (1991).
- C3-03: INERTIA - MASSES HANGING IN SERIES
- Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstrations M-100. Inertial Reaction and M-101. Breaking a Rope by Inertia.
- P. LeCorbeiller, A Classical Experiment Illustrating the Notion of "Jerk," AJP 14, 64-65 (1946).
- Frank G. Karioris, Inertia demonstration revisited, AJP 46, 710-713 (1978).
- Steven H. Schot, Jerk: The time rate of change of acceleration, AJP 46, 1090-1094 (1978).
- Stephen Luzader, Letter: What a Jerk!, TPT 26, 423 (1988).
- T. R. Sandin, The Jerk, TPT 28, 36-40 (1990).
- Richard E. Berg, Letter: More on the Third Derivative, TPT 28, 199 (1990).
- Paul G. Hewitt, Letter, TPT 28, 199 (1990).
- Morris W. Leen, Jerks an Monopoles: Physical effects of the third
derivative, AJP 62, 393 (1994).
- H. P. W. Gottlieb, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Question #38. What is the
simplest jerk function that gives chaos?, AJP 64, 525 (1996).
- C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
- Gerald L. Hodgson, Weight Distribution in a Bed of Nails Sandwich, TPT 13, 52, (1975).
- Herbert H. Gottlieb, Inertia of a Building Block, TPT 14, 119, (1976).
- C3-05: INERTIA - PEN IN BOTTLE
- Martin Gardner, Physics Trick of the Month: Bottle, Hoop, and Dime TPT 32, 80 (1994).
- C3-11: STRAW AND POTATO
- None.
- C3-12: PENCIL BLOWGUN
- Lecture-Demonstration Information Sheet and pencil velocity calculations.
- C3-21: INERTIAL MASS CART
- None.
C4: SECOND LAW OF MOTION
- C4-01: AIR TRACK - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
- Information Sheet.
- B. Saelman, Some Notes on Newton's Second Law of Motion, AJP 25, 584-585 (1957).
- James L. Anderson, Newton's first two laws of motion are not definitions, AJP 58, 1192-1195 (1990).
- C4-02: AIR TRACK - A=F/M
- Letter: Lecture-Room Measurement of the Value of g, AJP 20, 312 (1952).
- Edward Kluk and John L. Lopez, Don't Use Airtracks to Measure Gravity Acceleration, TPT 30, 48-54 (1992).
- Information Sheet.
- C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
- None.
- C4-04: F=MA WITH ULI AND FORCE PROBE
- Martin S. Tiersten, Force, Momentum Change, and Motion, AJP 37, 82-87 (1969).
- Robert A. Morse, Acceleration and Net Force: An Experiment with the Force Probe, TPT 31, 224-226 (1993).
- C4-11: ACCELEROMETER - BALL IN WATER
- Richard M. Sutton, Some Dynamic Applications of Liquid Manometers, AJP 3, 77-81 (1935).
- J. Harris and A. Ahlgren, Apparatus: Lecture Demonstration and Laboratory. Classroom Techniques: Some Simple Experiments and Demonstrations, TPT 4, 314-322 (1966).
- H. R. Crane, Problems for Introductory Physics, TPT 7, 371-378 (1969).
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Volume 1, Section 8-3.8, page 146.
- Earl Coombs, Demonstrating the Difference between Velocity and Acceleration, TPT 28, 546-547 (1990).
- D. Easton, Fletcher's trolley - Alive and well, TPT 21, 184 (1983).
- C4-12: ACCELEROMETER ON INCLINED PLAN E
- Advertisement for R Value's Roach Kill, an antifungal agent to be mixed into the water in the accelerometer.
- C4-13: ACCELEROMETER ON ROTATOR
- None.
- C4-14: AIR TRACK - ACCELEROMETER
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Volume 1, Section 8-3.9, page 146.
- Advertisement for R Value's Roach Kill, an antifungal agent to be mixed into the water in the accelerometer.
- C4-15: HELIUM BALLOON IN ACCELERATED BOX
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Volume 1, Section 8-3.9, page 146.
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Volume 1, Section 8-3.10, page 147.
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Inertial Forces: Demonstration 8-3.2, pages 143-144.
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Section 8-3.6, page 145.
- Herman Medwin, Heat Does Not Always Rise, AJP 22, 571 (1954).
- Julius Sumner Miller, Two Demonstration Devices, AJP 30, 385-386 (1962).
- Hans G. Graetzer and P. W. Williams, Behavior of a Helium Balloon in a Car, AJP 31, 302-303 (1963).
- J. A. Van den Akker, Extension of Archimedes' Reasoning, AJP 31, 943-944 (1963).
- Merle Fisher, An Experience in Observation, TPT 7, 166-167 (1969).
- Peter Greenslade, Cartoon: Helium balloon in car, TPT 11, 183 (1973).
- C. Pontiggia, A. Marciano, and E. Piano, Gravitational field and accelerated frame: A simple apparatus, AJP 53, 915-916 (1985).
- Alan L. Lehman and Thomas A. Lehman, An illustration of buoyancy in the horizontal plane, AJP 56, 1046-1047 (1988).
- C4-21: ATWOOD MACHINE
- Henry S. Chen, New Atwood's Machine Attachment, AJP 34, 955-957, (1966).
- Charles T. P. Wang, The Improved Determination of Acceleration in Atwood's Machine, AJP 41, 917-919 (1973).
- N. Tufillaro, A. Nunes, J. Casasayas, Unbounded orbits of a swinging Atwood's Machine, AJP 56, 1117-1120, (1988).
- A, A, Bartlett, Down-to-Earth Physics, TPT 27, 416, (1989).
- A. A. Bartlett, Update of a Story, TPT 29, 135, (1991).
- Lillian C. McDermott, Peter S. Shaffer, and Mark D. Somers, Research as a guide for teaching introductory mechanics: An illustration in the context of the Atwood's machine, AJP 62, 46-55 (1994).
- Nicholas B. Tufillaro, Teardrop and heart orbits of a swinging Atwood's machine, AJP 62, 231-233 (1994).
- Ana Nunes, Josefina Casasayas, and Nicholas Tufillaro, Periodic orbits of the integrable swinging Atwood's machine, AJP 63, 121-126 (1995).
- Information Sheet.
- C4-22: HORIZONTAL ATWOOD MACHINE
- Sample Data Sheet.
- C. Gregory Hood,Teaching Newton's Second Law - Another Viewpoint, TPT 30, 358-359 (1992).
- C4-23: ATWOOD MACHINE WITH HEAVY PULLEY
- None.
- C4-31: AIR TRACK - THE ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY
- Information Sheet.
- C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - GUINEA AND FEATHER
- None.
- C4-33: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - FEATHER AND BALL
- None.
- C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
- V. V. Raman, Where credit is due- The Leaning Tower of Pisa Experiment, TPT 10, 196-197, (1972).
- Marcello Z. Maialle and Oscar Hipolito, Acceleration of gravity for the earth model as an ellipsoidal mass with nonuniform density, AJP 64, 434-436 (1996).
- C4-41: TERMINAL VELOCITY - BOTTLE IN TUBE
- None.
- C4-42: TERMINAL VELOCITY - FEATHER
- None.
- C4-43: TERMINAL VELOCITY - STACKED COFFEE FILTERS
- Byron L. Coulter and Carl G. Adler, Can a body pass a body falling
through the air?, AJP 47, 841-846 (1979).
- Neil M. Shea, Terminal Speed and Atmospheric Density, TPT 31, 176 (1993).
- C4-51: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN BEAKER
- Eric M. Rogers, Demonstration experiments, AJP 24, 479 (1956).
- W. W. Sleator, The Meaning of W/g, AJP 15, 251-254 (1947).
- R. J. Stephenson, Weightlessness of a Freely-Falling Body, AJP 26, 404-405 (1958).
- Allen L. King, Weight and Weightlessness, AJP 30, 387 (1962).
- H. L. Armstrong and N. K. Sherman, On a Student's Misconception about Gravity and Acceleration, AJP 30, 528 (1962).
- Haym Kruglak, Demonstrations of Weightlessness, AJP 30, 929-930 (1962).
- Haym Kruglak, Apparatus - Lecture Demonstration and Laboratory: Physical Effexts of Apparent "Weightlessness," TPT 1, 34-35 (1963).
- Laurie Eason and Alan J. Friedman, Elevator exhibit, TPT 13, 492-493 (1975).
- Robert D. Freeman, Letter: More on Weight, AJP 47, 926 (1979).
- R. D. Edge, String and sticky tape experiments: Weightlessness and other ideas, TPT 19, 190(1981).
- D. Easton, Weightlessness and free bodies, TPT 21, 521 (1983).
- Gordon Aubrecht, Report on the Conference on the Teaching of Modern Physics, TPT 24, 540-546 (1986).
- Clyde J. Smith, Weightlessness for Large Classes, TPT 27, 40-41 (1989).
- Howard Pearlman, Dennis Stocker, Daniel Gotti, David Urban, Howard Ross, and Thomas Sours, Demonstrating Reduced Gravity, TPT 34, 172-175 (1996).
- C4-52: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
- None.
- C4-53: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS ON SPRING
- J. B. Cashatt, et. al., Weightlessness in free fall, AJP 43(2), 191, (1975).
- Larry Jensen, Apparent weight changes in an elevator, TPT 14, 436-439, (1976).
- S. K. Chakarvarti, A demonstration on weightlessness, TPT 16, 391, (1978).
- C4-54: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MAGNET AND KEEPER
- None.
- C4-61: ACCELERATION ON A SCALE
- Richard M. Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstration M-114. Acceleration on a Balance.
- C. Frank Griffin and Peter N. Henriksen, Physics challenges, TPT 18, 135-136 (1980).
- C4-62: DROPPED SLINKY
- W. J. Cunningham, The Physics of the Tumbling Spring, AJP 15, 348-352 (1947).
- J. G. Fox and J. Mahanty, The Effective Mass of an Oscillating Spring, AJP 38, 98-100 (1970).
- S. Y. Mak, The static effectiveness mass of a slinky, AJP 55, 994-997 (1987).
- Jeanne Marie Laskas, The Lady behind the SLINKY, Reader's Digest, November 1993.
- M. G. Calkin, Motion of a falling spring, AJP 61, 261-264 (1993).
- Richard A. Young, Longitudinal standing waves on a vertically suspended slinky, AJP 61, 353-360 (1993).
- A. P. French, The Suspended Slinky - A Problem in Static Equilibrium, TPT 32, 244-245 (1994).
- Jerome W. Hosken, Letter: A Slinky Error, TPT 32, 327-328 (1994).
- A. P. French, Letter: French Responds, TPT 32, 328 (1994).
- Ronald Newburgh and George M. Andes, Galileo Redux, or How Do Nonrigid, Extended Bodies Fall?, TPT 33, 586-588 (1995).
C5: THIRD LAW OF MOTION
- C5-01: NEWTON'S THIRD LAW - STATIC DYNAMOMETERS
- Bill Konrad, Demonstration to Illustrate Newton's Third Law, Idea Bank Collation, Idea No. 120.
- Mario Iona, Misunderstanding the third law, TPT 18, 219, (1980).
- C5-02: SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
- Richard M. Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstration M-8. Addition of Forces.
- George W. Ficken, Jr., and Angelo A. Gousios, A "Universal" mechanics demonstration, TPT 13, 169-170 (1975).
- Anton E. Lawson and Warren T. Wollman, Physics Problems and the Process of Self-Regulation, TPT 13, 470-475 (1975).
- C5-11: AIR TRACK - ACTION-REACTION PAIRS
- Thomas D. Phillips, Finding the External Force, AJP 22, 583-585 (1954).
- Donald E. Tilley, Dynamical Paradox, AJP 35, 546-547 (1967).
- W. Klein and G. Nimtz, Inelastic collision and the motion of the center of mass, AJP 57, 182, (1989).
- Ernie McFarland, Newton's Third Law at a Traffic Intersection, TPT 28, 315 (1990).
- Kathy Malone and Bob Reiland, Exploring Newton's Third Law, TPT 33, 410-411 (1995).
- Information Sheet.
- C5-12: BALLISTIC CARTS
- None.
- C5-13: WATER ROCKET
- R. Nelson and M. Wilson, Mathematical Analysis of a Model Rocket Trajectory, Part I: The powered phase, TPT 14, 150-161, (1976).
- Nelson, Bradshaw, Leinung, Mullen, Mathematical Analysis of a Model Rocket Trajectory, Part II: The coast phase, TPT 14, 287-293, (1976).
- Howard S. Seifert, Mark M. Mills and Martin Summerfield,
1. Physics of Rockets: Liquid-Propellant Rockets, AJP 15, 121-140, (1947).
2. Physics of Rockets: Dynamics of Long Range Rockets, AJP 15, 255-272, (1947).
- Ralph B. Kennard, Rocket Power, AJP 15, 357, (1947).
- S. S. Penner, Radiation from Rocket Flames and Its Effect on Rocket Performance, AJP 16, 475-483, (1948).
- Joseph Himpan and Rudolf Reichel, Can We Fly to the Moon?, AJP 17, 251-263, (1949).
- S. S. Penner, Quantitative Evaluation of Rocket Propellants, AJP 20, 26-31, (1952).
- B. Saelman, Note on the Equation of Motion of a Rocket, AJP 24, 43, (1956).
- Albert Wertheimer, Note on the Limiting Velocity of a Rocket When the Mass Ratio Approaches Unity, AJP 25, 385-386, (1957).
- G. Leitmann, Optimum Pay-Load-Ratio Relation for Multiple-Stage Rockets, AJP 26, 28-30, (1958).
- Robert F. Coutts, Rocket Engine Analog, TPT 7, 407, (1969).
- Mervin Brubaker, Measuring the thrust of a model rocket, TPT 12, 488-491, (1974).
- Tim C. Ingoldsby, Rocket Sled Demonstration, TPT 13, 435 (1975).
- Physics Problems for Physics Teachers: Mechanics Problem, TPT 27, 115-116, (1989).
- R. Stephenson, Timely equations of rocket motion and the surprising power of rockets, AJP 57, 322-325 (1989).
- Leo H. van den Raadt, Comment on "Timely equations of rocket motion and the surprising power of rockets, [AJP 57, 322-325 (1989)], AJP 59, 1048-1049 (1991).
- J. Matolyak and G. Matous, Simple Variable Mass Systems: Newton's Second Law, TPT 28, 328-329, (1990).
- Brian R. Page, The Rocket Experiments of Robert H. Goddard, 1911 to 1930, TPT 29, 490-496 (1991).
- Randy A. Jenkins, Measuring Model Rocket Acceleration, TPT 31, 10-15 (1993).
- A. R. Marlow, The Pedagogy of the Rocket, TPT 33, 124-125 (1995).
- Robert H. Gowdy, The physics of perfect rockets, AJP 63, 229-232 (1995).
- Darren L. Hitt and Mary L. Lowe, Motion Analysis of a Rocket-Propelled Truck, TPT 34, 164-168 (1996).
- Tim C. Ingoldsby, Rocket Sled Demonstration, TPT13, 435 (1975).
- C5-14: ROCKET TRIKE
- Evan Jones, Spectacular rocket experiment, TPT 14, 112-113, (1976).
- C5-15: REACTION FORCE ON AIR BLOWER
- None.
- C5-16: HERO'S ENGINE
- None.
- C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE
- David Kagan, Louis Buchholtz, and Lynda Klein, Soda-Bottle Water Rockets, TPT 33, 150-157 (1995).
- C5-18: FAN CART
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Section 9-4.5, page 195.
- Lewis Epstein, A Self-Propelling Mechanism, TPT 8, 332 (1970).
- Steven R. Smith and Jerry D. Wilson, A New Design to Demonstrate Newton's Third Law, TPT 10, 208-209 (1972).
- Jerry Wilson, Newton's Sailboat, TPT 10, 300 (1972).
- Richard S. Murphy and Jack Van Geldren, Letter: A Note from the Real World, TPT 16, 260 (1978).
- David L. Mott, Letter: A No-Sail "Boat," TPT 16, 426 (1978).
- B. L. Blackford, The physics of a push-me pull-you boat, AJP 46, 1004-1006 (1978).
- B. L. Blackford, A push-me pull-you wind vehicle, AJP 49, 282-283 (1981).
- A. Rubcic and J. Baturic-Rubcic, A push-me-pull-you water-driven wheeled vehicle, AJP 53, 962-967 (1985).
Paul Hewitt, Figuring Physics, TPT 26, 57-58 (1988).
- Robert A. Morse, Constant Acceleration: Experiments with a Fan-Driven Dynamics Cart, TPT 31, 436-438 (1993).
- C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
- None.
- C5-31: AIR TRACK - SAILING UPWIND
- Nathan Brown, Vector Addition and the Speeding Ticket, TPT 31, 274-276 (1993).
- C5-32: SAILING UPWIND - HAIRDRYER AND SAILBOAT
- Halsey C. Herreshoff and J. N. Newman, The Study of Sailing Yachts, Scientific American, Volume 215, #2, August 1966, pp. 60-68
- Paul G. Hewitt, Sailboat Demonstration, TPT 6, 79-80 (1968).
- A. D. Franklin and R. Stoller, Equipment Note: Use of the Air Trough to Illustrate Sailboat Motion, AJP 40, 626 (1972).
- Janet Bellcourt Pomeranz, Boating, anyone?, TPT 15, 416-420 (1977).
- R. E. Benenson, Andrew Hmiel, and Kathleen Kowsky, Air Track to Demonstrate Sailing Into the Wind, TPT 16, 505-506 (1978).
- P. J. Jackson, Letter: Sailing into the Wind, TPT 17, 80 (1979).
- Sabinus H. Christensen, Letter: Sailing into the Wind, TPT 17, 416, 418 (1979).
- Alan J. Faller, "On Tacking," Scientific Report No. 10 from the Center for Meta-Meteorological Studies, University of Maryland, 1988.
- Paul Jackson, What Limits the Speed of a Sailboat?, TPT 18, 224-225, (1980).
- George C. Goldenbaum, Equilibrium sailing velocities, AJP 56(3), 209-215, (1988) .
- Richard C. Bradley, PROBLEM: SAILING DOWN THE RIVER, AJP 64, 686 (1996).
- Richard C. Bradley, SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM ON PAGE 686, AJP 64, 826 (1996).
- C5-41: HOURGLASS PROBLEM
- Mach, The Science of Mechanics, pp. 308-313.
- Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstration M-116. Galileo's Water Balance.
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Sections 9-4.10 and 9-4.11.
- Walter P. Reid, Weight of an Hourglass, AJP 35, 351-352 (1967).
- Robert Everett Vermillion, The force on a surface by a stream of falling water, TPT 10, 528 (1972).
- Ira M. Freeman, Letter: Galileo's Water Bucket Experiment, TPT 11, 325 (1973).
- K. Y. Shen and Bruce L. Scott, The hourglass problem, AJP 53, 787-788 (1985).
- Sketches for construction of U MD apparatus.
C6: FRICTION
- C6-01: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
- Margaret Stautberg Greenwood, Inclined Plane on a Frictionless Surface, TPT 28, 110 (1990).
- William M. Wehrbein, Frictional forcs on an inclined plane, AJP 60, 57-58 (1992).
- Jonathan Mitschele and Matthew Muscato, Demonstration Normal Forces with an Electronic Balance, TPT 32, 555-556 (1994).
- C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
- V. E. Eaton, A Novel Method of Measuring the Coefficient of Dynamic Friction, AJP 4, 37-39, (1936).
- PHYSICS: Where's the Rub?, Discover Magazine, October 1995.
- C6-03: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION WITH 3 BLOCKS
- None.
- C6-04: FRICTION DIRECTION ON INCLINED PLANE
- Julius Sumner Miller, The Paradox of the Stillson Wrench, AJP 22, 236 (1954).
- Thomas D. Phillips, Finding the External Force, AJP 22, 583-585 (1954).
- F. H. Northover, Problem of the Stillson Wrench, AJP 23, 276-278 (1955).
- Peter Froehle, Tricks of the Trade: Centripetal Force Provided by Friction, TPT 30, 299 (1992).
- C6-05: AIR TRACK - INCLINED PLANE FRICTION
- A. A. Bartlett, An Effect of Friction in an Accelerated System, AJP 37, 665-666 (1969).
- Stanislaw Bednarek, Magnetic track for experiments in mechanics, APT 60, 664-666 (1992).
- C6-11: SLIDING FRICTION - LECTURE TABLE AND FELT
- B.W. Bartlett, Coefficients of Friction Greater than Unity, AJP 12, 48, (1944).
- Halson V. Eagleson, An Experimental Method for Determining Coefficients of Sliding Friction, AJP 13, 43-44, (1945).
- Leonard Eisner, Materials with Large Frictional Coefficients, AJP 27, 58 (1959).
- Charles J. Reidl, Jr., The Coefficient of Kinetic Friction, TPT 28, 402 (1990).
- C6-12: SKIDDING AUTOMOBILE
- Jack Irwin and Derek Swinson, A Demonstration of Car Braking Instabilities,TPT 28, 522-524, (1990).
- Smith, et.al., AJP 5, 106, (1937).
- Arthur Taber Jones, The Skidding Automobile, AJP 5, 187, (1937).
- Little Stinkers column, Skidding Automobile, TPT(3), 338, (1965).
- Little Stinkers column, Skidding Automobile, TPT 4, 45-46, (1966).
- Fred M. Goldberg, Friction in a Moving Car, TPT 13, 234-236, (1975).
- United States vs. General Motors(1988), Case of GM's X-car brake system, Federal Appeals Court for the District of Columbia.
- H. Richard Crane, How Things Work: How Antilock Brakes May Save You from a Spin, TPT 32, 246-247 (1994).
- Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics, Demonstration M-53.
Automobile Skidding.
- C6-13: FRICTION BETWEEN GLASS SURFACES
- None.
- C6-14: SOCIAL CLIMBER
- R. D. Edge, String and sticky tape experiments, TPT 17, 386, (1979).
- C6-15: SOCIAL DESCENDER - FRICTION TOY
- H. Richard Crane, How Things Work: A Reluctant Hourglass and a Backing-down Woodpecker, TPT 31, 532-533 (1993).
- C6-16: SLIDING AND STATIC FRICTION
- None.
- C6-17: FRICTION VS. PULLING ANGLE
- None.
- C6-21: SUSPENDED ROD ON WATER
- Sutton, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Demonstration M-31. Center of Gravity.
- Joseph Priest and David F. Griffing, Model for an Undergraduate Physics Problem, TPT 28, 210-213 (1990).
C7: COLLISIONS
- C7-01: AIR TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS
- W. Klein and G. Nimtz, Inelastic collision and the motion of the center of mass, AJP 57, 182, (1989).
- R. D. Edge, string and sticky tape experiments: Linear dynamics with
marbles, TPT 17, 200-202 (1979).
- Information Sheet.
- C7-02: AIR TRACK - INELASTIC COLLISIONS
- R. D. Edge, String and Sticky Tape Experiments: Linear dynamics with marvles, TPT 17, 200-202 (1979).
- W. Klein and G. Nimtz, Inelastic collision and the motion of the center of mass, AJP 57, 182, (1989).
- Herman Erlichson, Newton's Strange Collisions, TPT 33, 169-171 (1995).
- Information Sheet.
- C7-03: AIR TRACK -SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
- Information Sheet.
- M. Parodi and D. Pescetti, Coupling of Air Track Gliders by Forces Acting at a Distance, AJP42, 414-416 (1974).
- W. Klein and G. Nimtz, Inelastic collision and the motion of the center of mass, AJP 57, 182, (1989).
- H. G. Lukefahr, Magnetic dipole interactions on an air track, AJP 60, 1134-1136 (1992).
- C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
- W. Klein and G. Nimtz, Inelastic collision and the motion of the center of mass, AJP 57, 182, (1989).
- Information Sheet.
- C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
- Harvey B. Lemon, An Almost Forgotten Case of Elastic Impact, AJP 3, 36 (1935).
- Matthias Reinsch, Dispersion-free linear chains, AJP 62, 271-278 (1994).
- David Auerbach, Colliding rods: Dynamics and relevance to colliding balls, AJP 62, 522-525 (1994).
- Robert Erlich, Experiments with "Newton's Cradle," TPT 34, 181-183 (1996).
- C7-12: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
- Seville Chapman, A problem Involving the Order of Impacts, Proceedings of the AAPT< Philadelphia meeting, December 1940, AJP 9, 56 (1941).
- Seville Chapman, Some Interesting Aspects of the Collision Ball Apparatus, AJP 9, 357-360 (1941).
- Harold K. Schilling and Henry Yeagley, A New Impact Apparatus, AJP 15, 60-64 (1947).
- John V. Kline, The Case of the Counting Balls, AJP 28, 102-103 (1960).
- Seville Chapman, Misconception Concerning the Dynamics of the Impact Ball Apparatus, AJP 28, 705-711 (1960).
- R. Edwin Worley, Impact Demonstration with Plastic Croquet Balls, AJP 30, 769-770 (1962).
- James D. Kerwin, Velocity, Momentum, and Energy Transmissions in Chain Collisions, AJP 40, 1152-1157 (1972).
- Leonard Flansburg and Karl Hudnut, Dynamic solutions for linear elastic collisions, AJP 47, 911-914 (1979).
- Alexander Langsdorf, Jr., Letter: Referees Beware!, AJP 48, 335 (1980).
- Christian Lehmann and Manfred Rosenbauer, Focusing and defocusing collisions of atoms in solids: A classroom demonstration, AJP 48, 496-497 (1980).
- Christian Lehmann and Manfred Rosenbauer, Erratum: "Focusing and defocusing collisions of atoms in solids: A classroom demonstration," [AJP 48, 496-497 (1980)], AJP 49, 89 (1981)..
- F. Herrmann and P. Schmalzle, Simple explanation of a well-known collision experiment, AJP 49, 761-764 (1981).
- Alexander Langsdorf, Jr., Letter: AJP 50, 105 (1982).
- F. Herrman and M. Seitz, How does the ball-chain work?, AJP 50, 977-981 (1982).
- Jean C. Piquette and Mu-Shiang Wu, Comments on "Simple explanation of a well-known collision experiment," AJP 52, 83 (1984).
- F. Herrmann and P. Schmalzle, Response to "Comments on "Simple explanation of a well-known collision experiment," AJP 52, 84 (1984).
- C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
- Information Sheet from manufacturer.
- Meiners, Physics Demonstration Experiments, Section 9-5.12.
- John Satterly, Ball Pendulum Impact Experiments, AJP 13, 170-174 (1945).
- D. Rae Carpenter, David J. Rehbein, and Robert J. Bonometti, Ban Deodorant Ball Mortar, TPT 26, 522-524 (1988).
- Neil M. Shea, Nonideal Multiball Collisions, TPT 30, 197 (1992).
- John B. Hart and Robert B. Herrmann, Energy Transfer in One-Dimensional Collisions of Many Objects, AJP 36, 46-48 (1968).
- Walter Roy Mellen, Aligner for Elastic Collisions of Dropped Balls, TPT 33, 56-57 (1995).
- Richard V. Mancuso and Kevin R. Long, The Astro-Blaster, TPT 33, 358-360 (1995).
- C7-14: COLLISIONS OF BALLS WITH FLOOR
- None.
- C7-15: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
- Equation summary sheet.
- W. W. Sleator, Impact of Elastic Spheres, AJP 5, 284-285 (1937).
- "Class of William G. Harter," Velocity amplification in Collision
Experiments Involving Superballs, AJP 39, 656-663 (1971).
- G. Stroink, Superball problem, TPT 21, 466 (1983).
- Ian Bruce, A one-dimensional collision experiment, AJP 58, 696 (1990).
- Herman Erlichson, Newton's Strange Collisions, TPT 33, 169-171 (1996).
- C7-16 HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
- Paul J. Haigh, Demonstrating Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Using
Bouncing and Nonbouncing Balls, AJP 37, 333, (1969).
- Instruction Sheet, Arbor Scientific, Happy and Unhappy Balls,
P6-1000, Ann Arbor, MI.
- C7-17 SUPERBALL
- Richard L. Garwin, Kinematics of an Ultraelastic Rough Ball, AJP 37, 88-92 (1969).
- David A. Katz, Chemistry in the Toy Store: SUPER BALL.
- C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
- Information Sheet.
- C7-22: COLLISION OF BALL WITH STUDENT
- None.
- C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
- None.
- C7-24: SILLY PUTTY
- David A. Kratz, Chemistry in the Toy Store, Dept. of Chemistry, Comm. Coll. of Phil, Phil, PA., 1988.
- C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
- Paul G. Hewitt, The bouncing dart, TPT 22, 302 (1984).
- C7-26: BOUNCING PUTTY AND NON-BOUNCING
SUPERBALL
- None.
- C7-41: DRY ICE PUCK COLLISIONS
- D.D. Snyder and H. D. Nine, Some "Friction-Free" Demonstrations, AJP 28, 76-77, 1960..
- Frey Scientific Co., Frictionless Puck, Cat. No. 1832, Mansfield, OH.
- C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
- None.
- C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
- None.
- C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
- J. Strnad, Trouble with a Ballistic Pendulum, AJP 38, 532-534, (1970).
- Carl E. Scheie, Ballistic Pendulum, TPT 11, 426, (1974).
- Thomas B. Greenslade, Nineteenth-Century Textbook Illustrations: The Ballistic Pendulum, TPT 29, 415-416 (1991).
- David G. Willey, Conservation of Mechanical Energy Using a Pendulum, TPT 29, 567 (1991).
- Physics Lecture Demonsrations Information and Data Sheet.
- C7-52: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - LAB MODEL
- Physics Lecture Demonstration Reference Sheet, Experiment 1, The Ballistic Pendulum.
- C7-53: AIR TRACK - SPEED OF AIR GUN PELLET
- F. Herrmann and M. Schubart, Measuring momentum without use of p=mv in a demonstration experiment, AJP 57, 858-859 (1989).
- David P. Taylor, The Ballistic Slider, TPT 33, 443-445 (1995).
- C7-54: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - BOW AND ARROW
- Saylor S. Milton, On Predicting the Range of an Arrow, TPT 8, 526-527, (1970).
- S. P. Stoylov, J. C. Nsanzabera, and P. C. Karenzi, A Demonstration of Momentum Conservation using Bow, Arrow, and Ballistic Pendulum, AJP 40, 430-432 (1972).
- Physics Lecture Demonstation, Ballistic Pendulum Blueprint, Data, and Record Form.
C8: MECHANICAL ENERGY AND POWER
- C8-01: GIANT PENDULUM
- James H. Head, "Faith in Physics:" Building New Confidence with a Classic Pendulum Demonstration, TPT 33, 10-15 (1995).
- C8-02: GIANT PENDULUM FOR CLASSROOM
- None.
- C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
- Herbert T. Wood, The Interrupted Pendulum, TPT 32, 422-423 (1994).
- C8-04: HILL TRACK
- None.
- C8-05: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN VERTICAL PROJECTILE
- Lecture Demonstrations Data and Information Sheets.
- C8-06: PILE DRIVER
- Julius Sumner Miller, Observations on a Pile Driver, AJP 22, 409 (1954).
- C8-11: INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING -COUPLED SUPERBALLS
- None.
- C8-12: JUMPING MASSES WITH INTERNAL SPRING
- None.
- C8-13: BUNGEE JUMPER MODEL
- None.
- C8-14: JUMPING CLAMP
- None.
- C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET
- None.
- C8-22: ENERGY CONSERVATION - SUPERBALL AND SOUND BOARD
- None.
- C8-23: WORK DONE BY PUSHING ON WALL
- None.
- C8-31: POWER - EXERCYCLE
- Stan Jakuba, SI Notes: Effect of Exercise Expressed in Joules and Watts, TPT 29, 512-513 (1991).
- Exercycle instruction manual.
- C8-32: POWER - CLIMBING LADDER
- None.
- C8-33: POWER - USING GRAVITY
- None.
- C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
- None.