Boston University Physics Applets: The Gravitron

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written by Andrew Duffy

This web page is an interactive physics simulation relating to static friction in a spinning cylinder. It simulates an old amusement park ride called "Gravitron". Riders lined the interior wall of a large cylinder that starts to spin. When the rotational speed is sufficient, the floor drops away and the riders stay "pinned" to the wall.
This item is part of a collection of similar simulation-based activities for first-semester physics students. See Related Materials on this page for a link to the full index.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c7_rotor.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Applications of Newton's Laws = Friction - Motion in Two Dimensions = Central Forces - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:: Newton's Second Law, acceleration, angular velocity, circular motion, free-body diagram, friction, frictional force, graph, simulation
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 23, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: July 31, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 28, 2008

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Is Part Of First Semester Introductory Physics Simulations

This is the full index of interactive Java simulations by the same author on Classical Mechanics. This particular collection is devoted to topics typically covered in a first semester introductory physics class.

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