Simultaneous Fall - 2nd Law Apparatus


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Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Gravitational Acceleration vs. Horizontal Velocity 
Area of Study :  Mechanics  
Equipment :   2nd law apparatus, meter stick.
Procedure :   Set the apparatus up as shown on one of the small tables.  Height should be 1 meter from the table top.  The meter stick is used to trigger the apparatus.

Make sure that the apparatus is level with the table top.

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   References

David Keeports, "Drag and the Two-Bullet Problem," TPT, Vol. 35, # 3, p. 188- 191, (March 1997).

Daday van den Berg and Ed van den Berg, "A Launcher for Projectile Motion", TPT, Vol. 28, # 7, Oct. 1990, p. 477.

Earl Zwicker,  "DOING Physics,"  TPT, Vol. 25, # 1, p. 59, (January 1987).

John Hoskins and Larry Lonney, "A Demonstration to Show the Independence of Horizontal and Vertical Motion", TPT, Vol. 21, # 8, Nov. 1983, p. 525.

 

Ralph Snyder,  "Approximations for the Range of Ballistic Missiles,"  AJP, Vol. 55, # 5, May 1987.

 

Mb- 14: Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook For Physics.

 

M- 158:  "Ruler and Two Coins-Spring Gun,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

 

 



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