COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

PHYS 1493

Experiment 2:

KINEMATICS, COLLISIONS &
SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION

Introduction

• Part I - Setup

  • Getting Started

  • Setting Up the Sonic Ranger

  • A Note about Close Distances

  • Calibrating the Sonic Ranger Software

  • Note About the Rider and Air-Track

• Part II - Motion with Constant Velocity

  • Leveling the Air Track

  • Taking Data

  • The Coefficient of Restitution

  • Using the Cursor to Read Off Data Points

  • Constructing a Best Fit Line

• Part III - Gravitational Acceleration

• Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum

  • Measuring the Oscillation Frequency

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