written by Mario Belloni

A Davidson College studio-based introductory physics laboratory for inelastic collisions. In this lab, students make their own videos using GoPro cameras and then perform their analysis using the Tracker Video Analysis software. A pre-made video is also provided for students who are unable to analyze their own video.

• Download two_cart_stick.trz - 22964kb Tracker Document Set

Published November 5, 2023
Last Modified November 6, 2023

Laboratory description and procedure.

• Download StickyCollisionsVideo.pdf - 165kb Adobe PDF Document

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Published November 5, 2023
Last Modified November 6, 2023

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Associated movie that can be used to demonstrate the experiment.

• Download two_cart_stick.MP4 - 11409kb Movie File

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Published November 5, 2023
Last Modified November 6, 2023

by Mario Belloni

Zip the movie, trz, and documentation files.

• Download inelastic.zip - 34346kb Compressed File

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No derivatives 3.0 license.

Published November 5, 2023
Last Modified November 6, 2023