Increasing Pitch - Euler's Disk, Magnets & Glass Bottles


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Condition :   Excellent  
Principle :   Frequency of Sound Waves  
Area of Study :  Acoustics   
Equipment :   Euler's Disk, Smooth Magnets, 1 gallon glass jugs.
  
Procedure :   The Euler's disk is very easy to use.  Spin the heavy disk ( rounded edge down ) on the slightly concave base.  If you listen carefully, you should hear the pitch of the spinning disk increasing as the disk slows down. 

Separate the magnet by a distance of 1 inch in your hand.  Throw them in the air.  They will start bouncing together with a sound that increases in pitch as the bounce distance becomes smaller.

Gently touch the glass jugs together.  They will make a sound that increases in pitch as the bounce distance becomes smaller.   

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   References

W. L. Andersen, "Noncalculus Treatment of Steady-State Rolling of a Thin Disk on a Horizontal Surface", TPT, Vol. 45, # 7, Oct. 2007, p. 430.

Russell Akridge, "Period and Amplitude", TPT, # 8, Vol. 36, p. 507, Nov. 1998.

 

D. Petrie, J. L. Hunt, and C. G. Gray, "Does the Euler Disk Slip During its Motion?", AJP, Vol. 70, # 10, Oct. 2002, p. 1025.

Lorne A. Whitehead, Frank L. Curzon, "Spinning Objects on Horizontal Planes", AJP, Vol. 51, # 5, May 1983, p. 449. 

M. G. Olsson, "Coin Spinning On a Table", AJP, Vol. 40, # 10, p. 1543, Oct. 1972.

 

Jearl Walker, "Delights of the "Wobbler," A Coin or a Cylinder that Precesses As It Spins", The Amateur Scientist, Oct. 1982.

 

 



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