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- Travelling Waves (B+25)
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- Music and the Ear (B+70)
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- Mechanical Properties of Materials (C+90)
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- Demonstrations by PIRA index
- 1 Mechanics
- 1A Measurement
- 1C Motion In One Dimension
- 1D Motion In Two Dimensions
- 1E Relative Motion
- 1F Newton's First Law
- 1G Newton's Second Law
- 1H Newton's Third Law
- 1J Statics Of Rigid Bodies
- 1K Applications Of Newton's Laws
- 1L Gravity
- 1M Work And Energy
- 1N Linear Momentum And Collisions
- 1Q Rotational Dynamics
- 1R Properties Of Matter
- 3 Oscillations and Waves
- 3A Oscillations
- 3B Wave Motion
- 3B10 Transverse Pulses and Waves
- 3B20 Longitudinal Pulses and Waves
- 3B22 Standing Waves
- 3B25 Impedence and Dispersion
- 3B27 Compound Waves
- 3B30 Wave Properties of Sound
- 3B33 Phase and Group Velocity
- 3B35 Reflection & Refraction (Sound)
- 3B39 Transfer of Energy in Waves
- 3B40 Doppler Effect
- 3B45 Shock Waves
- 3B50 Interference and Diffraction
- 3B55 Interference and Diffraction Of Sound
- 3B60 Beats
- 3B70 Coupled Resonators
- 3C Acoustics
- 3D Instruments
- 3E Sound Reproduction
- 4 Thermodynamics
- 5 Electricity and Magnetism
- 6 Optics
- 7 Modern Physics
- 8 Astronomy
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- 8A05 Historical Astronomy
- 8A10 Solar System Mechanics
- 8A20 Earth Moon Mechanics
- 8A30 Views From Earth
- 8A35 Views From Earth 2
- 8A40 Planetary Properties: Globes, Hemispheres, & Maps
- 8A50 Planetary Properties 2: The Planets
- 8A60 Planetary Properties 3: Planetoids, Minor Objects
- 8A70 Planetary Properties 4: Planetary Characteristics
- 8A80 Planetary Properties 5: Comets And The Search For Life
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- 8A Planetary Astronomy
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- 2 Fluid Mechanics
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Demos by PIRA
3A10 Pendula
3A10.10Simple pendulum: Ball on a string.
3A10.10Ball on string mounts on blackboard and pivots on lower rod.
3A10.14Four pendulums on rod: Same mass, different lengths.
3A10.17Four pendulums on rod: Same length, different masses.
3A10.30Torsion pendulum with removable weights.
3A20 Springs & Oscillators
3A20.10Mass on a spring.
3A20.60Ball rolling in a spherical dish on OHP.
3A15 Physical Pendula
3A15.20Physical pendulum: Steel bar with two pivot points.
3A15.50"Sweet Spot": Meterstick pivot point changes with point struck.
3A40 Simple Harmonic Motion
3A40.20Ball on turntable rotates beneath synchronized pendulum .
3A50 Damped Oscillators
3A50.10Large damped oscillator (mass on spring) with various damping disks.
3A60 Driven Mechanical Resonance
3A60.10Film : "Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse",silent, 4 min.
3A60.24Driven oscillations in a multiple spring-mass system.
3A60.40Driven harmonic oscillator: Motor driven mass on spring.
3A60.50Unbalanced spinning wheel vibrates spring steel reeds.
3A60.50Set of three coupled inverted pendulums on wood base.
3A60.55Clock spring oscillator: Electrically driven and damped.
3A60.60Inverted pendulum.
3A70 Coupled Oscillations
3A70.10Wilberforce pendulum: Oscillates between rotation and up-down.
3A70.20Two pendulums on a frame of flexible steel.
3A70.25Two large pendulums coupled with spring.
3A70.35Two balls hung on the same string, one in middle, one at the end.
3A75 Normal Modes
3A80 Lissajous Figures
3A80.21Transparencies: Lissajous figures for OHP.
3A80.40Lissajous figures with laser and two signal generators.
3A80.40Lissajous Figures created with a two tuning forks with mirrors
3A95 Non-Linear Systems
3A95.52Chaotic pendulum.