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written by Andrew Duffy
This simulation offers users the opportunity to sketch free-body diagrams relating to a one-dimensional situation.  Two boxes are stacked one atop the other. The bottom box rests on the floor of an elevator, which may be at rest, moving with constant velocity, or accelerating. The task for the user is to sketch free-body diagrams for the top box, the bottom box, and the two-box system.  

This applet was created with EJS, Easy Java Simulations, a modeling tool that allows users without formal programming experience to generate computer models and simulations.

Please note that this resource requires Java.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- Motion in One Dimension
= Acceleration
- Newton's Second Law
= Force, Acceleration
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
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This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
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Andrew Duffy
Keywords:
FBD, acceleration, diagram, force, free body, free body diagram, gravity, normal force
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created September 1, 2009 by Elijah Lee
Record Updated:
July 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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August 27, 2009
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A. Duffy, (2008), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/EP_chapter03/FBD_sketch_v3.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Easy Java Simulation: Free Body Diagrams (2008), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/EP_chapter03/FBD_sketch_v3.html>.
APA Format
Duffy, A. (2009, August 27). Boston University Physics Easy Java Simulation: Free Body Diagrams. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/EP_chapter03/FBD_sketch_v3.html
Chicago Format
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Easy Java Simulation: Free Body Diagrams. August 27, 2009. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/EP_chapter03/FBD_sketch_v3.html (accessed 27 April 2024).
MLA Format
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Easy Java Simulation: Free Body Diagrams. 2008. 27 Aug. 2009. 27 Apr. 2024 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/EP_chapter03/FBD_sketch_v3.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Andrew Duffy", Title = {Boston University Physics Easy Java Simulation: Free Body Diagrams}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {27 April 2024}, Month = {August 27, 2009}, Year = {2008} }
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%0 Electronic Source %A Duffy, Andrew %D August 27, 2009 %T Boston University Physics Easy Java Simulation: Free Body Diagrams %V 2024 %N 27 April 2024 %8 August 27, 2009 %9 application/java %U http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/EP_chapter03/FBD_sketch_v3.html


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This is the full index of Easy Java Simulations (EJS) by author Andrew Duffy, created for first-semester introductory physics.  EJS is a modeling tool developed by the Open Source Physics project.

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