https://physlab-wiki.com/ 2026-04-18T12:41:10+00:00 https://physlab-wiki.com/ https://physlab-wiki.com/lib/tpl/UChicago/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-09-15T11:31:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://physlab-wiki.com/physicsdemos/mechanics/work_and_energy/ballistic_pendulum?rev=1631719896&do=diff Ballistic Pendulum A spring-powered gun fires a mass into a pendulum bob. The pendulum catches at its maximum angular displacement. PIRA DCS 1M40.41 text/html 2021-09-15T11:33:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://physlab-wiki.com/physicsdemos/mechanics/work_and_energy/bowling_ball_pendulum?rev=1631720015&do=diff Bowling Ball Pendulum A bowling ball is suspended by a non-stretching wire rope to create a large simple pendulum which transverses most of the width of the lecture hall. One may stand against a wall and release the bowling ball from the tip of one's nose to show that it cannot achieve the height from which it was released. text/html 2021-09-15T11:35:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://physlab-wiki.com/physicsdemos/mechanics/work_and_energy/loop_the_loop?rev=1631720107&do=diff Loop-the-Loop A ball is released a variable height from one end of a loop-the-loop track. PIRA DCS 1M40.20 text/html 2021-09-15T11:39:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://physlab-wiki.com/physicsdemos/mechanics/work_and_energy/v_shaped_ball_track?rev=1631720372&do=diff V Shaped Ball Track A ball is released from one end of a track in the shape of a tilted V. to be mounted on wall between A3 and A4 PIRA DCS 1M40.30