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Falling Cup with Ball Model
written by Wolfgang Christian
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 the cup is released?
  1. The mass will extend the spring, like a parachute, due to air pressure pulling on the cup.
  2. The mass will be pulled up into the cup by the spring?
  3. The cup will fall with the mass in its original position?
The Falling Cup with Ball model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double click the ejs_mech_newton_FallingCupWithBall.jar file to run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- General
- Motion in One Dimension
= Gravitational Acceleration
= Velocity
- Newton's Second Law
= Force, Acceleration
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
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Rights Holder:
Wolfgang Christian
Keywords:
free fall, weightless
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Metadata instance created September 1, 2009 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
June 6, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
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W. Christian, Computer Program FALLING CUP WITH BALL MODEL, Version 1.0 (2009), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9398&DocID=1301).
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Christian, W. (2009). Falling Cup with Ball Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9398&DocID=1301
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Christian, Wolfgang. "Falling Cup with Ball Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9398&DocID=1301 (accessed 13 December 2024).
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Christian, Wolfgang. Falling Cup with Ball Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2009. Java 1.5. 13 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9398&DocID=1301>.
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Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Falling Cup with Ball.

relation by Wolfgang Christian
Is the Basis For http://www.bqlearning.org/ospdb/osp_display.php?phys_text_id=1218

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relation by Wolfgang Christian
Supplements Physlet Physics: Chapter 4: Newton's Laws

The Falling Cup with Ball Model supplements the topics involving forces covered by Physlet Physics chapter 4.

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