Paul Gluck, Lecturer, Jerusalem College of Engineering,John King, Francis L Friedman Professor of Physics (Retired), MIT
Introduction: Projects: why and how? Part 1: Mechanics 1. Bouncing balls 2. Mechanics of soft springs 3. Pulse speed in falling dominoes 4. A variable mass oscillator 5. Rotating vertical 6. Cycloidal paths 7. Physics of rubber bands and cords 8. Oscillation modes of a rod Part 2: Electromagnetism 9. Physics of incandescent lamps 10. Propulsion with a solenoid 11. Magnetic dipoles 12. The jumping ring of Elihu Thomson 13. Microwaves in dielectrics I 14. Microwaves in dielectrics II 15. The Doppler effect 16. Noise 17. Johnson noise 18. Network analog for lattice dynamics 19. Resistance networks Part 3: Acoustics 20. Vibrating wires and strings 21. Physics with loudspeakers 22. Physics of the tuning fork 23. Acoustic resonance in pipes 24. Acoustic cavity resonators and filters 25. Room acoustics 26. Musical instruments: the violin 27. Musical instruments: the guitar 28. Brass musical instruments Part 4: Liquids 29. Sound from gas bubbles in a liquid 30. Shape and path of air bubbles in a liquid 31. Ink diffusion in water 32. Refractive index gradients 33. Light scattering by surface ripples 34. Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves in liquids 35. The circular hydraulic jump 36. Vortex physics 37. Plastic bottle oscillator 38. Salt water oscillator Part 5: Optics 39. Birefringence in cellulose tapes 40. Barrier penetration 41. Reflection and transmission of light 42. Polarisation by transmission 43. Laser speckle 44. Light scattering from suspensions 45. Light intensity from a line source 46. Light interference in reflecting tubes Part 6: Temperature & Heat 47. Cooling I 48. Cooling II 49. The Leidenfrost effect I 50. The Leidenfrost effect II 51. The drinking bird 52. Liquid vapor equilibrium 53. Solar radiation flux Appendix A: Project ideas Appendix B: Facilities, materials, devices and instruments Appendix C: Reference library
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