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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463579303321

Autore

Gluck Paul

Titolo

Physics project lab / / Paul Gluck, John King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-100987-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

530.078

Soggetti

Physics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Figure acknowledgments; 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 chain; 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 analogue for lattice dynamics19 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 liquids35 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 Polarization 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 and Heat; 47 Cooling I; 48 Cooling II; 49 The Leidenfrost effect I; 50 The Leidenfrost effect II: drop oscillations

51 The drinking bird52 Liquid-vapor equilibrium; 53 Solar radiation flux; Appendix A Project ideas; Appendix B Facilities, materials, devices, and instruments; Appendix C Reference library; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the result of many years of experience of the authors in guiding physics projects. It aims to satisfy a deeply felt need to involve students and their instructors in extended experimental investigations of physical phenomena. Over fifty extended projects are described in detail, at various levels of sophistication, aimed at both the advanced high school, as well as first and second year undergraduate physics students, and their instructors. Carrying out these projects may take anything from a few days to several weeks, and in some cases months. Each project description starts with