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The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collisions: Diesel Engine and Flatcar Collision
This animation portrays the inelastic collision between a very massive diesel and a less massive flatcar. After the collision, both move together with the same velocity. Students can figure out the after-collision velocity of the two...
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: The Cart and the Brick Part A
An animation that portrays the collision between a 3.0-kg loaded cart and a 2-kg dropped brick. It will be assumed that there are no net external forces acting upon the two objects involved in the collision. The only net force acting...
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: The Cart and the Brick Part B
The animation portrays the collision between a 1.0-kg cart and a 2-kg dropped brick. It will be assumed that there are no net external forces acting upon the two objects involved in the collision. The only net force acting upon the two...
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Big Fish Catches Little Fish
This animation portrays the inelastic collision between a very massive fish and a less massive fish. What is the after-collision velocity of the two fish?
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collision: Moving Little Fish Caught by Big Fish
This animation portrays the inelastic collision between a very massive fish and a less massive fish. What is the after-collision velocity of the two fish?
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Car Rear Ends Truck Inelastic
This animation portrays the inelastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in data tables.
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Truck Rear Ends Car Inelastic
This animation below portrays the inelastic collision between a 3000-kg truck and a 1000-kg car. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Car Rear Ends Truck Elastic
This animation portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Truck Rear Ends Car Elastic
This animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 3000-kg truck and a 1000-kg car. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collisions: Car/truck Head on Collision Elastic
This animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collisions:car/truck Head on Collision Inelastic
The animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before- and after-collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: Which Path Requires the Most Energy?
Suppose that a car traveled up three different sloped roadways from the base of a mountain to the summit of the mountain. Which path would require the most energy? See this animation and explanation for help.
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The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: Energy Transformation Downhill Skiing
The intricate relationship between work and mechanical energy is depicted in the animation for students to be able to visualize.
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The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: Stopping Distance of a Hot Wheels Car
Students can analyze an animation of a Hot Wheels car and use the principles of work and energy to answer the given questions.
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The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How Far Will It Skid?
Most driver's education classes teach future drivers that the stopping distance of a skidding car is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the car. See how this situation plays out in this animation.
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The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How High Will It Go?
This animation depicts the motion of a young child sliding across the snow on a sled. Students can analyze the work and energy involved in this scenario.
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The Physics Classroom: Circular, Satellite, Rotational: Uniform Circular Motion
Uniform circular motion can be described as the motion of an object in a circle at a constant speed. This animation depicts this by means of a vector arrow.
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The Physics Classroom: Circular, Satellite, Rotational: Inertia Right Hand Turn
Many students of physics do not believe in centripetal/inward forces. Even after completion of a thorough physics course, such students will still incorrectly believe that an object moving in a circle experiences an outward force. Use...
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The Physics Classroom:einstein Theory of Special Relativity: Length Contraction
One of the peculiar aspects of Einstein's theory of special relativity is that the length of objects moving at relativistic speeds undergoes a contraction along the dimension of motion. These animations depict this phenomena of length...
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The Physics Classroom: Waves, Sound and Light: Longitudinal Pulse
The animation portrays a medium as a series of particles connected by springs. In this type of longitudinal wave the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction of energy transport.
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The Physics Classroom: Longitudinal Waves and Guitar Strings
A reference page including content and animations on longitudinal waves. Understand how sound waves are produced from vibrations in guitar strings to produce longitudinal waves.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and the Eardrum
Understand how sound is transmitted through the ear and perceived by the brain in this reference page. Page includes content and an animation.
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The Physics Classroom: Second Harmonic: Standing Waves on a String
A reference page that includes content and an animation to explain standing waves, nodes, and harmonics.
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The Physics Classroom: Third Harmonic: Standing Waves on a String
A reference page that includes content and an animation to explain standing waves, nodes, and harmonics.