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Mechanics > Work and energy > Conservation of Energy
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Demo Name
Description
1M40.10
Potential vs Kinetic Energy
Full setup: with ladder, tarp, table, cinder block, and pendulum
Potential vs Kinetic Energy
Using a large tennis ball and large pendulum we demonstrate the difference between potential and kinetic energy.
1M40.15
Stopped Pendulum
Stopped Pendulum
Using a pendulum and rod configuration we demonstrate conservation of energy. The pendulum begins at a certain height and is released. The string collides with a rod and swings to the same height it was released.
1M40.20
Loop the loop
Loop the loop demo set up
Loop the loop
Sliding a object down a plane it demonstrates energy required to complete the loop at the bottom of the track in the real world.
1M40.33
Energy Ball Track
Energy ball track demo set up
Energy Ball Track
Using a double ball track with two pool balls released at the same time, one travels down and up a decline and incline, the other travels on a flat track. The ball that travels down the decline and up the incline will reach the end first.
1M40.41
Ballistic Pendulum
Ballistic Pendulum Demo Set Up
Ballistic Pendulum
Using the ballistic pendulum we are able to determine the initial velocity the ball is launched by measuring the height of the pendulum.
1M40.64
Dart Gun
Two identical dart guns, shoot a standard dart with one, and a dart with a marble epoxied to the end with the other. Aim up, down, or horizontal, and ask which dart will reach the target first.
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