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Newton's Laws in Action 
  
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100
Author:
Gladney, Larry
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Applications of Newton's Laws
Classical Mechanics / Linear Momentum
General Physics / Measurement/Units
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This page describes Newton's Laws and their relation to conservation of energy and momentum and provides examples.
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsection3_1_3.h...
Falling Slinky Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Author:
Christian, Wolfgang
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Motion in One Dimension / Gravitational Acceleration
Classical Mechanics / General
Classical Mechanics / Motion in One Dimension / Velocity
Classical Mechanics / Newton's Second Law / Force, Acceleration
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The Falling Slinky model approximates a slinky using twenty masses connected with light springs. The slinky is suspended from one end and released. Two actions will occur simultaneously when it is released ...
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9399&DocID=1303
Falling Cup with Ball Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Author:
Christian, Wolfgang
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Newton's Second Law / Force, Acceleration
Classical Mechanics / General
Classical Mechanics / Motion in One Dimension / Velocity
Classical Mechanics / Motion in One Dimension / Gravitational Acceleration
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The Falling Cup with Ball model shows a mass attached to the inside of a cup with a light spring. The cup is held upside down, with the mass hanging out of the cup, then released from rest. What happens when ...
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9398&DocID=1301
Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials: Lagrangian Equation of Motion 
  
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Authors:
Wittmann, Michael C.
Ambrose, Bradley S.
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Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / General
Classical Mechanics / Applications of Newton's Laws
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This set of tutorial materials focuses on explaining the use of the Lagrangian in classical mechanics. In the tutorial, students describe a basic physics problem using a Newtonian notation, then using the ...
http://perlnet.umaine.edu/imt/LEM/index
HyperPhysics: Coriolis Force 
  
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Author:
Nave, Carl Rod
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Rotational Dynamics
General Physics / Reference Material
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This web page contains explanations and examples of the Coriolis and centrifugal forces. The page incorporates many diagrams and links to other similar examples to explore. This is part of the HyperPhysics ...
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/corf.html
Colliding Galaxies  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Authors:
Christian, Wolfgang
Lim, Kyung
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Gravity / Orbits
Astronomy / Galaxies / Galactic Structure
Classical Mechanics / Motion in Two Dimensions / Center of Mass
Classical Mechanics / Motion in Two Dimensions / Central Forces
General Physics / Computational Physics
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The Colliding Galaxies Model is an implementation of Alar and Juri Toomres’ 1972 super computer model showing the formation of galactic bridges and tails under the assumption that galactic cores are point ...
http://www.compadre.org/psrc/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8985&DocID=1200
Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials: Damped Oscillations (kinematics) 
  
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Authors:
Wittmann, Michael C.
Ambrose, Bradley S.
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Oscillations & Waves / Oscillations / Damped Oscillators
Classical Mechanics / Applications of Newton's Laws
Oscillations & Waves / Oscillations
Oscillations & Waves / Oscillations / Springs and Oscillators
Oscillations & Waves / Oscillations / Simple Harmonic Motion
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This set of tutorial materials covers the topic of damped harmonic oscillators. Students examine qualitatively the motion of a mass on a damped spring to find velocity and acceleration at points along the ...
http://perlnet.umaine.edu/IMT/DHM-kin/index.html
Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials: Velocity Dependent Forces 
  
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Wittmann, Michael C.
Ambrose, Bradley S.
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Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Applications of Newton's Laws / Friction
Classical Mechanics / Applications of Newton's Laws
Fluid Mechanics / Dynamics of Fluids / Viscosity
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This set of tutorial materials covers the topic of velocity dependent forces. Students examine qualitatively and quantitatively the motion of objects being acted upon by a velocity dependent force, exemplified ...
http://perlnet.umaine.edu/imt/VDF/index.html
Galilean Relativity 
  
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Author:
Wudka, Jose
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Relativity / Galilean Relativity
Classical Mechanics / Relative Motion
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This is an article on the Galilean interpretation of relativity. The article emphasizes that velocity is only relevant when measured with respect to something else and also continues to describe how friction ...
http://physics.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node47.html
RELATE real-world problem index 
  
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Authors:
Pritchard, David E.
Belcher, John
Pawl, Andrew
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / General
Classical Mechanics / Applications of Newton's Laws
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This collection of mechanics problems provide real-world examples of applications of physics. Each problem contains a description of an event or experiment with data. Students are asked questions to explore ...
http://relate.mit.edu/rwproblems/
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