Available Physics Demonstrations for Painter 3.02

The demonstrations list in this index are an abbreviated version of our regular repertoire in the Painter 2.48 and 4.42 classrooms.

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Demo Requests, are due by 3 PM on the business day, prior to your class date.

Excepting Holidays: Business hours are Monday thru Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

- Same day demo requests are problematic for all involved. -


The list of available demonstrations for Painter 3.02 will be limited and will be delivered after the start of class.

* There is no Demo Office adjacent to the Painter 3.02 classroom that can be used as a staging area.

    Also, during the class break the main entrance to Painter 3.02 is BLOCKED by students entering and leaving the room.

* Painter 2.48 may be using the same demos in a class just before or during those scheduled in Painter 3.02.




Mechanics: PIRA Section 1

1A - Measurement

1A10.20 Basic Units: Standard of Mass (Call for Availability)
1A10.35 Basic Units: Meter Stick
1A10.50 Basic Units: One Liter (1 dm3) Cube
1A50.10 Math Topics: Radian Disc
1A60.10 Scaling: Powers of Ten

1C - Motion in One Dimension

1C10.10 Velocity: Bulldozer and Moving Sheet/2D

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1D - Motion in Two Dimensions

1D15.10 Velocity, Position, and Acceleration: Ultrasonic Detector and Students (Call for Availability)
1D40.10 Motion of the Center of Mass: Throw Objects
1D50.10 Central Forces: Ball on a String, Conical Pendulum
1D50.40 Central Forces: Pail of Water, Pail of Nails
1D50.70 Central Forces: Rolling Chain
1D60.10 Projectile Motion: Howitzer and Tunnel
1D60.20 Projectile Motion: Simultaneous Fall

1F - Newton's First Law

1F10.20 Measuring Inertia: Lead and Stryrofoam Bricks
1F20.10 Inertia of Rest: Inertia Ball
1F20.32 Inertia of Rest: Stacked Blocks with Tack Hammer

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1G - Newton's Second Law

1G10.30 Force, Mass, and Acceleration: Mass and a Scale
1G10.40 Force, Mass, and Acceleration: Atwood's Machine

1H - Newton's Third Law

1H10.10 Action and Reaction: Push Me Pull Me Carts

1J - Statics of Rigid Bodies

1D40.10 Motion of the Center of Mass: Throw Objects with Black Light"
1J10.10 Finding Center of Gravity: Map of Texas
1J11.20 Exceeding Center of Gravity: Tower of Lire
1J11.50 Exceeding Center of Gravity: Double Cone
1J20.25 Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium: Nine Nails on One (PIRA 1000)
1J20.30 Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium: Skyhook (PIRA 500)
1J30.25 Resolution of Forces: Rope and Three Students
1J40.10 Static Torque: Grip Bar
1J40.15 Static Torque: Torque Wrench
1J40.20 Static Torque: Meter Stick Balance

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1K - Applications of Newton's Laws

1K10.20 Dynamic Torque: Ladder Against the Wall
1K10.30 Dynamic Torque: Walking the Spool

1L - Gravity

1L10.10 Universal Gravitational Constant: Cavendish Balance Video
1L10.20 Universal Gravitation Constant: Cavendish Balance Model

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1M - Work and Energy

1G10.30 Force, Mass, and Acceleration: Mass and a Scale
1M10.20 Work and Energy: Pile Driver (PIRA 200)

1N - Linear Momentum and Collisions

1N10.20 Impulse and Thrust: Egg in Sheet (Bring Your Own Egg)
1N22.20 Rockets: Water Rockets (Very Low Success Rate in Classroom)
1N30.10 Collisions in One Dimension: Collision Balls
1N30.60 Collisions in One Dimension: Double Ball Drop (PIRA 500)

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1Q - Rotational Dynamics

1Q10.13 Moment of Inertia: Balancing Stick (UT Favorite)
1Q10.30 Moment of Inertia: Ring, Disk, and Sphere
1Q40.20 Conservation of Angular Momentum: Sqeezatron (PIRA 500)
1Q50.30 Gyroscopes: Motorized Gyroscope (PIRA 1000)

1R - Properties of Matter

1R10.10 Hooke's Law: Stretching a Spring
1R30.10 Shear Stress: Shear Book (PIRA 1000)
1R30.20 Shear Stress: Shear Block (PIRA 500)
1R40.30 Coefficient of Restitution: Dead and Live Balls

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Fluid Mechanics: PIRA Section 2


2B40.20 Density and Buoyancy: Archimedes' Principle
2C20.30 Bernoulli Force: Floating Ball

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Oscillations and Waves: PIRA Section 3

3A - Oscillations

3A10.10 Pendula: Simple Pendulum
3A10.30 Pendula: Torsion Pendulum (PIRA 500)
3A20.10 Springs: Mass on a Spring
3A60.10 Driven Mechanical Resonance: Tacoma Narrows Video
3A60.30 Driven Mechanical Resonance: Barton's Pendula
3A60.50 Driven Mechanical Resonance: Resonance Reeds

3B - Wave Motion (and Properties)

3Bxx.xx Wave Motion: Russian Wave Machine (UT Favorite)
3B10.20 Transverse Pulses and Waves: Slinky on Table (PIRA 500)
3B10.75 Transverse Pulses and Waves: Uncoupled Pendulum Wave
3B22.10 Standing Waves : Melde's String Vibrator
3B22.50 Standing Waves: Slinky Standing Waves (PIRA 1000)
3B40.25 Doppler Effect: Doppler Reed
3B55.10 Interference and Diffraction of Sound: Speaker Bar
3B60.10 Beats: Beat Forks
3B70.10 Coupled Resonators: Coupled Tuning Forks

3D - Instruments

3D30.35 Resonance Cavities: Bloogles (PIRA 500)
3D32.10 Air Column Instruments: Organ Pipes (PIRA 1000)
3D40.20 Resonance in Plates, Bars, and Solid: Singing Rod

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Demo Ordering Instructions:

1) Requested demonstrations have an x clicked into the appropriate box.

2) Go down to the form and fill in all appropriate information.

3 ) Click on the 'Submit This Demo Request' button.

4) A screen will appear showing the request that was sent to us. Please verify this.

5) It is recommended that you click on the word, "verify", on the confirmation screen.


Demo Requests, are due on the weekday afternoon prior to the class day.


Office hours are Monday thru Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

Same day demo requests are problematic for all involved.

Instructions on Ordering Demonstrations

  

Last name (all lowercase!), or guest

Password, or guest 
Time & Room
Day of Demos

You must select one of the options from the "Choose Time Room #" menu
and "Choose a Specific Date" menu for your request to proceed to our calendar.

For Demo Requests by faculty not scheduled to teach at Painter Hall, we'll
need you to leave your name, campus phone number and email info under notes.
For those requests which are not scheduled at Painter Hall, select the "Time/Room Number Not Listed"
option in the "Choose Time Room #" menu.

Notes, Comments, or Instructions
Unlisted Demos
(one demo per line, no punctuation)

Be aware that unlisted demos may or not be delivered and we will not canabalize a working demo to create an unlisted one.


The available dates and weekdays on the above pull down menu are updated at the end of each workday.

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