ANIMATIONS & DEMOS Collected by Professor Brooks
| The links below provide demonsrations of Physics concepts covered in General & University Physics. Most are Java animations from various web sites, with a few Flash and Shockwave demos (you may be prompted to install these players). The topics and their order follow that of the course texts. |
Note:
ca = calculus concept
sw = shockwave animation
fl = flash animation
a = article
Measurement & Estimating
Fermi Questions
Vernier Calipers
Significant Digits
Conversion Calculator
Official US time
1-Dimensional Motion
Kinematic Equations
Constant Acceleration
Measure Your Reaction Time
Traffic Light System
Displ, Velocity, Acceleration
fl Braking Acceleration
Free Fall Timer
2-Dimensional Motion
Vector Addition 1
Vector Addition 2
fl Vector Addition 3
Circular Motion 1
Circular Motion 2
Projectile Motion 1
Projectile Motion 2
fl Projectile Motion 3
fl Projectile Motion 4 (roof)
Projectile Motion 5
Projectile Simulation
Shoot the Monkey 1
Shoot the Monkey 2
ca Scalar Product
ca Vector Cross Product
Relative Velocity (frame of reference)
Relative Velocity (aircraft)
Newton's Laws
Net Force
fl Applied Force
Newton's 2nd Law
Inclined Plane
Inclined Plane & Friction
Newton's 3rd Law Quiz
Pulleys
Statics
Gravitation
Satellite Orbit
Lunar Lander
Kepler's Laws
Center of Mass & Equilibrium
Work & Energy
Force & Work
fl Falling Object
Appliance Energy Bill
Force & Work
Work Conversion Units
Potential-Kinetic Energy
Pendulum & Energy
Linear Momentum
Virtual Air Track
Momentum Conservation
Billiards
Virtual Billiards
fl Elastic Collisions
Rotational Motion
Free Rolling 1
Free Rolling 2
fl Moment of Inertia
Elasticity
Elasticity Simulator
Fluids
Archimede's Principle
sw Floating Log
sw Buoyant Force
Oscillations (SHM)
Pendulum
Mass on a Spring
Coupled Oscillations
Damped Oscillator
Simple Harmonic Motion
Wave Motion
Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction
sw Standing Waves
sw Wave Interference
Sounds
Piano
Beats
Doppler Effect
Temperature
Gas Molecules Simulation
Kinetic Theory 1
fl Kinetic Theory 2
Phase Change
Ideal Gas
Heat & Engines
fl Carnot Cycle
Electric Charge & Fields
sw Intro to Electromagnetism
Deflection of Charges
sw Coulomb Forces
fl Cathode Rays (Crooke's Tube)
Electric Field Lines
fl Lightning
The Coulomb
3-D Electric Fields
Charged Particle Motion
Gauss's Law
a, ca Gauss's Law Examples
a, ca HyperPhysics Notes
audio Gauss's Law Song!
ca Electric Flux Detector
a, ca Flux & Gaussian Surfaces
Flux through a Cube
Flux & Cylindrical Surface
Electric Potential
Electrostatic Potential
Plot the Resultant Potential
Charged Motion in a Potential
a, ca Potential Difference Tutorial
Capacitor Field & Potential
Faraday Cage
Equilibrium Configuration
Equipotential Lab
Dipole Equipotentials
Capacitance & Dielectrics
Capacitors
Charging a Capacitor 1
Charging a Capacitor 2
Charging a Capacitor 3
RC Circuit
fl RC Time Constant
Dielectrics
Electric Currents & DC Circuits
Resistors
fl Resistance at Molecular Level
Resistor Color Codes
Build a Circuit
Series Circuit
Parallel Circuit
Kirchhoff's Rules 1
Kirchhoff's Rules 2
Kirchhoff's Rules 3
Kirchhoff's Rules 4
Kirchhoff's Rules 5
Ohm's Law 1
Ohm's Law 2
Ohm's Law 3
Magnetism
fl Compass
Lorentz Force
Magnetic Force on Current
Magnetic Force on Charge
Wire Magnetic Field
fl Magnetic Field Lines
fl Pulsed Magnets
Electromagnetic Induction
Induction
fl Drag the Magnet (Faraday)
Faraday's Law
fl Lenz's Law
fl How a Metal Detector Works
fl How a Hard Drive Works
fl How a Speaker Works
fl Transformers - Mutual Induct
AC Circuits
Resonance Circuit (RLC)
fl AC Generator
fl Tuning a Radio Receiver
sw Impedence
Maxwell's Equations
a Tutorial
Electromagnetic Propagation
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Amplitude Modulation (AM)
Frequency Modulation (FM)
Reflection & Refraction
Index of Refraction
Snell's Law
fl How a CD Works
Lenses & Optical Instruments
Lenses
Shadows
Color Mixing (additive)
Color Mixing (subtractive)
Light Interference
Interference
Two-Slit Interference
Diffraction & Polarization
Diffraction
Polarization
2-Slit with Diffraction
Relativity
Space & Time
The Atom
Bohr Atom
fl Rutherford Experiment
Electron Configurations
Blackbody Radiation
Photo-electric Effect
Radioactive Decay
Nuclear Chain Reaction
Nuclear Isotope Half-lifes
Quarks
Bohr Energy Levels
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