PIRA 1H10.00 ACTION AND REACTION

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
1H10.00Action and Reaction
1H10.01action and reactionref.see 1N20.
1H10.10push me pull me cartsPIRA 200Two people stand on roller carts and both pull on a rope or push with a long stick.
1H10.10push me pull me carts1H10.10Two people stand on roller carts and both pull on a rope. A long stick may be substituted to allow pushing.
1H10.10rope and cartsMg-5bPeople on two identical roller carts pull each other with a long rope.
1H10.11rope and cartsM-118All the things you can do standing and running on carts with and without ropes.
1H10.12rope and carts8-1.9Stand on a cart holding a rope passing over a pulley to a weight slightly less than static friction, then pull the rope.
1H10.15reaction air glidersPIRA 1000
1H10.15reaction glidersDisc 02-18Burn a string holding a compressed spring between two air gliders.
1H10.20Newton's sailboatPIRA 1000
1H10.20Newton's sailboat1H10.20Propel an air glider with a battery powered fan, then attach a sail directly in front of the fan.
1H10.20Newton's sailboatTPT 10(4),208A battery powered fan and sail can be mounted on a air track cart. Three cases are demonstrated: 1) sail attached, fan not attached; 2) both sail and fan attached; 3) fan attached, no sail.
1H10.20fan car with sailDisc 02-21A sail is placed in front of a battery powered fan on a cart.
1H10.21Newton's sailboatTPT 10(9),448A balloon provides an air source on one cart, a sail is mounted on another cart. Hold each stationary in turn.
1H10.25heilicopter rotorPIRA 1000
1H10.25helicopter rotorDisc 02-25A symmetric propeller deflects air down, causing upward lift.
1H10.30cannon carM-122A small brass cannon mounted on one car fires a bullet into a wood block on another of equal mass. A string tying the carts together will result in no motion.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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