Introduction to using Physlets
Kinematics - One Dimensional Motion
Optics
- Animation Primer - introduce controls to start, pause, step through, and reset an animation. (startup)
- Measuring Quantities in a physlet (startup2)
Kinematics - One Dimensional Motion
- Constant Linear Velocity - measure velocity from X information (constvel1)
- Constant Linear Acceleration - measure acceleration from V information (constaccel1d)
- Introduction to motion vectors in Kinematics (kinvec0)
- Connecting graphs to motion (kinem01)
- Police Car tries to catch a Speeder - Part 1 (onscreen capture) (police1)
- Police Car / Speeder - Part 1a (onscreen) (Connect to Displacement Graphs) (police1a)
- Police Car tries to catch a Speeder - Part 2 (offscreen capture!) (police2)
- Police Car / Speeder - Part 2a (offscreen) (Connect to Displacement Graphs) (police2a)
- Police Car / Speeder - Part 3 - We can change the parameters! (police3)
- Vertical Motion - Throw a Hammer in the air (proj1d01)
- 2D Projectile Motion - Minimum velocites during 2D flight (proj2d00)
- 2D Projectile Motion - Comparing different starting conditions (proj2d01)
- Boat on a river - Let's go for IceCream! (boatriver1)
- Boat on a river - Part 2 - we control the velocities! (boatriver2) the physics behind it
- Boat on a river - Part 3 - [authored by Dr. Dan - includes vectors] (boatriver1D3)
- Force(s) on a sled [frictionless ground] (force_sled1)
- Mass hanging from two angled cables (hanging_mass1)
- Bee on an inclined plane (applied force - no friction) (incline1)
- Spring force (spring)
- Sled with unrevealed friction (force_sled2)
- Sled with adjustable friction (force_sled3)
- Mass on top of other mass being pulled (fric1)
- Mass sliding into friction patch (fricpatch1)
- Two-dimensional Center of Mass - point masses (centermass)
- Linear momentum - two masses - explosion to separate (momenta1)
- Linear momentum - two masses - Choose intial KE from explosion to separate (momenta2e)
- Elastic linear collisions (momenta3)
- Inelastic linear collisions (momenta3c)
- Center of Mass technique for Elastic/inelastic 2-body collisions (momenta4)
- Spinning flywheel (rotkindyn1)
- Rolling race (rot_race)
- Masses hanging from a Pulley (pulley1)
- Simple Diving Board (divingboard)
- Hanging Sign (hangsign1)
- Lean on me ... or rather, Lean a Ladder against a wall (ladder)
- Circular near-Earth orbits (gravity_earthorbit)
- Elliptical orbits around the Earth (gravity_Ellipse)
- Launching from the Earth's surface (gravity_launch)
- Launching from another Planet (gravity_launch2)
- Falling through a hole in the Earth? (gravity_shm)
Optics
- Index of Refraction (total internal reflection) [refraction.shtml]
- Lens/Mirror Optics Bench (add/remove elements) [opticsbench.shtml] [Bigger Bench]
- Optics Puzzle #1 [optics_p01.shtml]
- Optics Puzzle #2 [optics_p02.shtml]
- Optics Puzzle #3 [optics_p03.shtml]
- Telescope Model [telescope.shtml]
- Microscope Model [microscope.shtml]
- Spyglass Model [spyglass.shtml]
- Nearsighted Vision model [nearsighted.shtml]
- Farsighted Vision model [farsighted.shtml]
- Thin Film Interference [thinfilm.shtml]
- Double slit interference ("real" double vs two sources) [doubleslitintensity.shtml]
- Force table diffraction spectrometer (overlapping orders of Helium spectra) [diff_grating.shtml]
- Mass on a spring - motion determined by initial conditions [mass_spr_phase.shtml]
- Mass on a spring - with constant or velocity-dependent friction [mass_spr_vfric.shtml]
- Mass on a spring - underdamping/overdamping [mass_spr_friction.shtml]
- Simple Harmonic Motion with Energy and Friction - by Dr. Dan Mioduszewski
- Electroscope [electroscope]
- Coulomb's Law and multiple charges [coulomb]
- Force in X direction - two charges on axis, plus test charge [eforcex]
- TWO Charges walked onto an axis ... (Ex field only) [eforcex2_two] THREE Charges
- Presenting ... your Electric Field! (vectors/lines) [efield] Dr. Scott goes International!
- Torque on an electric dipole in an external E field [dipole_torque]
- Relative signs/sizes of movable charges (Electric fields shown)
- Relative signs/sizes of movable charges (Forces shown)
- Signs of fixed charges - watch a moving charge navigate past them
- Finite Line Segment and Infinite Line segment [eline]
- Electric field of a charged circular "arc" [efield_arc]
- Three Charges walked onto an axis - The Final Cut ... (Ex & V graphs) [eforcex3]
- Charged concentric rings (Gauss' Law)... [gauss_rings]
- Electric field/Potential from charged Rings [erings]
- Equipotentials from point charges [equipotentials]
- Series and Parallel RESISTORS [resistor1]
- Kirchoff's Loop Rule (looprule)
- Series and Parallel CAPACITORS [capacitor1]
- RC circuits (rc_circuits)
- AC - RLC Series circuits - watching evolution of time series from phasors [rlc]
- AC - RLC2 - observing changes in voltage graphs based on changes in initial variables [rlc2]
- Resonance in AC - RLC Series circuits [rlc_resonance]
- Low-Pass Filter using AC - RC Series circuits [rlc_lowpass]
- High-Pass Filter using AC - RL Series circuits [rlc_highpass]
- Velocity Selector - Crossed E and B fields [cross_EB]
- Magnetic fields and a Current Carrying wire - Force directions [bfieldwire]
- Magnetic fields and a Current Carrying Loop - Torque [bfield_torque]
- Magnetic fields and a Solenoid (several loops) [bsolenoid]
- Magnetic fields and a Co-axial cable [bcoax2]
- Magnetic fields and parallel wires (with compass to measure B field) [bcompass]
- Phasor diagrams (two vectors)
- Phasor method for Mulit-slit Interference (n vectors)
- Superposition of Traveling waves (waves_superposition)
- Tube with both ends closed (or string with both ends fixed in place) (waves_bothendsclosed.shtml)
- Tube with both ends open (or string with both ends free) (waves_bothendsopen.shtml)
- Tube with one end open (or string with one end fixed in place) (waves_oneclosedend.shtml)
- Frequency Spectrum for Sound in tubes (open and closed ends) (tubes_fft.shtml)
- Superposition of Sound waves.
- Doppler effect in classical waves [doppler.shtml]
- Ripple tank with two sources (in phase or out of phase) [rippletank.shtml]
- Twin Paradox
- Infinite Square Well
- Finite Square Well
- UNEVEN Finite Square Well/Barrier (different heights to barriers on either side)
- Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
- Hydrogen Radial Probability functions - Part 1
- Hydrogen Radial Probability functions - Part 2
- Rolling Wheel
- Honey Bee - spiraling in toward Hive
- Damped and driven harmonic oscillator (osc_damped_driven)
- Damped and driven harmonic oscillator - Amplitude graph (osc_damped_driven_amp)
- Fourier series solution (partial square wave) for damped/driven oscillator (osc_fourier)
- Air Resistance (linear) on a projectile (air_resistance)
- 2D Isotropic/Nonisotropic oscillator (2D_oscillator)
- Lagrange Vector Field (Restricted 3-body problem) (lagrange_vector_field)
- Sliding Pendulum Support
- Coupled Oscillators (2 masses on 3 springs)
