Physics 110 Course Links
General
Physics
Classroom
Kinematics
projectile
motion (java applet requires netscape 4 or explorer 3)
Physics
of Racing
Forces
force
diagram tutorial
the incredible Physics
of Roller Coasters everything you wanted to know (80 pages!)
Gravity
Microgravity
effects on humans how weightlessness affects blood circulation, the
respiratory, immune, skeletal, etc. systems
Rotational Motion
a tutorial on rotational
motion and torque
Science
of Cycling wheels, tires, drives and gears, aerodynamics, braking and
steering
Momentum & Energy
Science
of Hockey how to hit a puck 100 mi/hr? how much energy is generated
in a collision?
How
to hit a home run
Fluids
the
aerodynamics of golf balls Chapter 8 from the Physics of Golf
Temperature & Thermodynamics
a tutorial on temperature
and thermodynamics
Electricity
electrostatics
about lightning
from Marshall space flight center or lightning
from the SF Exploratorium
(the second link has integrated pictures; the first doesn't... the second
has links to Ben Franklin, Macbeth, and to the first)
take the Lightning
Quiz ... get help
here
electricity
& magnetism interactive modules (static charge & circuits)....
requires
Shockwave
batteries
DC
circuits tutorial
introduction
to High Temperature Superconductivity
high
temperature superconductors from Oak Ridge national laboratory
50
Years of the Transistor
Electromagnetic
Interactions related to the book by that name by Sherwood and Chabay
how
the photocopier works or how
does a photocopier work?
Magnetism
electricity
& magnetism interactive modules (moving charges & relationship
between
magnetism& electricity).... requires Shockwave
the
science of magnets from the National High Magnetic Field Lab at Florida
St. University
the history
of magnetic field lines
two articles on
the discovery that earth's core is rotating faster than the surface:
an exploration of the Earth's
Magnetosphere from NASA Goddard
a tutorial on magnetic
recording (tapes, etc.) from the Consumer Electronics home page
everything about loudspeakers
woofers, tweeters, subwoofers, etc.
Relativity
Relativity
and FTL Travel: PART I
C-ship:
Relativistic ray traced images
Nuclear Physics
a tutorial on exponential
growth and decay
the
virtual nuclear tourist everything you wanted to know about nuclear
power plants
The
Uranium Institute info about uranium and nuclear energy
how
to make an atomic bomb
fusion
everything you wanted to know
the
forces of fusion an interactive adventure... requires
Shockwave
magnetic
resonance imaging multimedia page
MRI
Tutor from U of Florida
Particle Physics
The
Particle Adventure an interactive tour of fundamental particles and
forces
Oscillations and Waves
a tutorial on simple
harmonic motion
all about pendulums
simple ones and real ones
Tacoma
Narrows Bridge includes a short video of the oscillating bridge
Can
I damage my hearing by listening to loud music? from Newton's Apple
Doppler
Effect with sound effects
Optics
physics
of rainbows (applet) or the rainbows
holography
Quantum Physics
introduction
to quantum physics
quantum
physics links from the Visual Quantum Mechanics project