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- Amusement Park Physics - How do physics laws affect amusement park ride design? Design your own roller coaster and experiment with bumper car collisions.
www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics
- An introduction to physics - Mechanics - An introduction to classical mechanics. Suitable for students who are beginning the subject.
www.mcasco.com/p1intro.html
- Block and Tackle - Colorful illustrated tutorial shows how a block and tackle (as well as levers and gears) works.
www.howstuffworks.com/pulley.htm
- Central Forces with Java - A JAVA applet to simulate orbits in four different central forces: gravity, Yukawa, 1/R^4 and Black Holes
www.astro.queensu.ca/~musgrave/cforce
- Chaotic Systems - A brief overview of chaos theory and applications in classical mechanics.
dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsection3_2_5.html
- Free Body Diagrams - A short introduction to and description of free body diagrams which are essential for the understanding of classical mechanics.
laser.phys.ualberta.ca/%7Efreeman/enph131/fbd.htm
- Freshman Problems in Mechanics - Links to various problem sets relating to 1 and 2 dimensional kinematics. Easy mechanics problems and solutions.
zebu.uoregon.edu/~dmason/probs/mech.html
- Gravity - If you want to learn about gravity come here.
www.angelfire.com/geek/alphabeta
- Gyroscope - Graphics, related links and a video combine to show you how gyroscopes work.
www.howstuffworks.com/gyroscope.htm
- How a Gyroscope Works - Explanation of why a gyroscope should resist being turned in any direction perpendicular to its axis.
www.accs.net/users/cefpearson/gyro.htm
- How a Helium Balloon Works - Explanation of lifting capabilities of helium, hydrogen and hot air balloons, from How Stuff Works.
www.howstuffworks.com/helium.htm
- Kepler's Laws - Summary of Kepler's three laws.
www.go.ednet.ns.ca/~larry/orbits/kepler.html
- Kepler's Laws - Article in the Platonic Realms. Gives an novice's overview of Kepler's laws.
www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/kepler/index.asp
- On a general Method of expressing the Paths of Light,and of the Planets, by the Coefficients of a Characteristic Function - An original paper by William Rowan Hamilton, dated 1833.
www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/LightPlanets/LightPlanets.html
- Oscillations - Gives a solution on a symmetric, linear, triatomic molecule problem.
electron6.phys.utk.edu/phys594/archives/mechanics/Oscillations/oscillations1.htm
- Physics at Appleby College - A comprehensive collection of Java Applets on Waves, Sound and Light.
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/6645
- Physics for Beginners - This site covers motion and forces for individuals with no prior knowledge of the subject.
physics.webplasma.com/physicstoc.html
- Physics of Sound - Rigorous derivation of sound wave equations from a molecular model of an ideal diatomic gas. General solution of the wave equations. Point source radiating in a moving medium.
www.physicsofsound.com
- Primitive Potentials and Newton's Laws from Symmetry - Symmetry of function. Finding of primitive without integration-summation. Newton's laws of any order. Mechanics of third order.
www.geocities.com/knyshus
- Rigid Bodies - Separation of motion of centre of mass and rotation about a fixed axis.
www.physics.georgetown.edu/~jkf/class_mech/rigidbody.ps
- Roller Coaster Physics - Discussion of some of the physics involved, aimed at the middle or high school teacher.
141.104.22.210/Anthology/Pav/Science/Physics/book/home.html
- Simulations with Java - Provides several interactive physics simulations such as springs and masses, pendulums, molecules. Objects, mass, gravity, spring stiffness can be modified.
www.myphysicslab.com
- The Controversy over Newton's Gravitational Constant - History of the gravitational constant.
www.npl.washington.edu/eotwash/gconst.html
- The Lagrange Points - Overview of the Lagrange points of the sun-earth-system. Links to a detailed derivation.
www.physics.montana.edu/faculty/cornish/lagrange.html
- The Physics and Math of Soccer - Discusses shape of a soccer ball, spin effects, motion of projectiles.
www.OceansideRevolution.com/EINSTEIN.HTM
- Wave Equation - Mathematical description and derivation of wave equations.
www.geocities.com/aboutwaves
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