Experiments and Video Analysis in Classical Mechanics

• Main Author: de Jesus, Vitor L. B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Educational technology.; Classical Mechanics.; Educational Technology.

This book is an experimental physics textbook on classical mechanics focusing on the development of experimental skills by means of discussion of different aspects of the experimental setup and the assessment of common issues such as accuracy and graphical representation. The most important topics o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Inertia by video analysis
• 2. Acceleration of gravity
• 3. Acceleration of gravity by video analysis
• 4. Circular motion by video analysis
• 5. Dynamics
• 6. Pendulum
• 7. Pendulum by video analysis
• 8. Conical pendulum
• 9. Pure rolling by video analysis
• 10. Kinetic and rolling frictions by video analysis
• 11. Horizontal launch and mechanical energy by video analysis
• 12. Coefficient of restitution by video analysis
• 13. Bi-dimensional collision
• Appendix I. The free software tracker
• Appendix II. Graphs
• Appendix III. Access to the videos discussed in this book. .