PHYS 2215    Physics for Scientists and Engineers ILaboratory

  Syllabus and Overview

No.
Experiment Title
Notes and Links
Pictures
0
 Instructions and Introduction  The Laboratory
1
 Measurements and Density  Masonite Disks
2
 Acceleration Due to Gravity
3
 Forces as Vectors  Force Table
4
 Least Squares  Linear Regression
5
 Two-body Acceleration  Atwood applet      Atwood Machine Theory 
 Atwood with massive pulleys
 (cont.) from Serway 6e
 Pulley-Cart Combo
 (cont.) from Serway 6e
6
 Computer Simulation of Free Fall   Euler Method from Calc text
 Euler Method from Serway 5e
 (cont.) from Serway 5e
 (cont.) from Serway 5e
 AirResistance data       Effect of Step Size
 Chipmunk BASIC
 Just BASIC
 XBASIC
 FreeBASIC
7
 Uniform Circular Motion  Centripetal Force Aparatus  Motor-driven Rotator
8
 Pool Balls  
9
 Velocity and Ballistic Pendulum  Ballistic Pendulum
10
 Thermal Equivalent of Work  Thermistor Data  Mechanical Work Apparatus 
11
 Torques  Meter stick apparatus
12
 Rotational Inertia  Angular Accel of wheel
 (cont.) from Serway 6e
 Rotational Inertia Apparatus
13
 Simple Harmonic Motion  On large angles
 TPT Large Angle Pendulum Period 1
 TPT Large Angle Pendulum Period 2
  Pendulm
14
 Archimede's Principle  Instructions for Archimedes' Apparatus
 A similar lab
 Hydrometer
 Biography
15
 Standing Waves  Speed of sound  Resonance Tube