Fall 2024
Lab
Manual
Last modified by Archie on Oct 7, 2024
Week 1: Measurement
- equipment: measurement set, digital calipers, graduated
cylinder, mass balance (on back counters), half-meter stick, large tape
measure
- computer needs: none
Lab:
Measurements (pdf)
Week 2:
Introduction to Computational Physics
- equipment: none
- computer needs: Anaconda
Introduction
to Computational Physics Lab (pdf)
Week 3: One Dimensional
Motion
- equipment: Vernier interface and motion detector, track,
low friction cart, fan
- computer needs: Logger Pro
Lab:
One-Dimensional Motion (pdf)
Week 4: Two Dimensional
Motion
- equipment: Air table, steel pucks, air compressor, digital
angle measure, ruler, protractor, clamp for rubber tube
- computer needs: webcam, Logger Pro, Anaconda
Lab:
Two-Dimensional Motion (pdf)
Week 5: no lab
Midterm Exam 1
Week 6: Dynamics
- equipment: Vernier interface and motion detector, low
friction cart, track with ramp-mount hardware, digital angle measure,
wireless force sensor, string and hanging mass set
- computer needs: Logger Pro
Lab: Dynamics
(pdf)
Week 7: Computational
Dynamics
- equipment: none (computers only)
- computer needs: Anaconda
Computational
Dynamics Lab (pdf)
Week 8: Work and Energy
- equipment: Vernier interface and motion detector, low
friction cart, friction pad, track with ramp-mount hardware, digital
angle measure
- computer needs: Logger Pro
Lab: Work
and Energy (pdf)
Week 9: no lab
Midterm Exam 2
Week 10: Momentum
- equipment: Vernier interface and two motion detectors,
track, one dynamics cart, one plunger cart, extra mass for carts
- computer needs: Logger Pro
Lab: Conservation
of Momentum (pdf)
Week 11: Rotational Dynamics
- equipment: pegboard cutout, string, bench rod assembly,
digital mass balance, lab jack, masking tape
- computer needs: Logger Pro
Lab: Rotational
Dynamics (pdf)
Week 12: Static Equilibrium
- equipment: meter stick, two-meter stick, knife-edged
clamps, support stand, hanging weights, two digital mass balances
- computer needs: none
Lab: Static
Equilibrium (pdf)
Week 13: Oscillations
- equipment: assorted springs (boxes 1-4), hanging mass set
(not the slotted masses), string, Vernier interface and motion detector,
bench bar assembly (square connector and right-angle connector), wave
driver with function generator, pulley (for mounting on table bar
assembly)
- computer needs: Logger Pro
Lab:
Oscillations (pdf)
Week 14: no lab
Midterm Exam 3 & Thanksgiving
Week 15: Waves
- equipment: elastic string, wave driver with function
generator, lab jack, table-mounted pulley, hanging masses
- computer needs: none
Lab: Waves
(pdf)
Previous lab plan
Plan before Oct 7 2024:
- Week 1: Measurement
- Week 2: Introduction to Computational Physics
- Week 3: One Dimensional Motion
- Week 4: Two Dimensional Motion
- Week 5: no lab
- Week 6: Dynamics
- Week 7: Work and Energy
- Week 8: Momentum
- Week 9: no lab
- Week 10: Rotational Dynamics
- Week 11: Static Equilibrium
- Week 12: Computational Dynamics
- Week 13: Oscillations
- Week 14: no lab
- Week 15: Waves