| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1N10.00 | Impulse and Thrust | | |
| 1N10.10 | collision time pendula | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N10.10 | collision time pendula | 1N10.10 | An electronic timer measures the impact time as two pendula collide. |
| 1N10.10 | collision time pendula | Mw-4 | Two metal wire bifilar pendula are suspended as part of a circuit to measure contact time on a counter. |
| 1N10.11 | time of contact | 9-4.3 | A steel ball suspended from a conducting wire hits a vertical steel plate and the electrical signal gives time of contact. |
| 1N10.12 | fleeting event timer | AJP 43(8),733 | Hitting two hammers together gates a fast oscillator to a counter. |
| 1N10.12 | contact time by oscillator | 9-4.4 | A ball swings against a plate completing a circuit allowing an oscillator to feed a counter to measure collision time. |
| 1N10.13 | measuring impulse | 9-4.1 | A pendulum strikes a piezoelectric crystal and generates a voltage spike which is viewed on an oscilloscope. |
| 1N10.14 | measuring impulse by induction | 9-4.2 | A pendulum strikes a magnet moving it in a coil inducing a current that deflects a galvanometer. |
| 1N10.15 | silicone ball on blackboard | PIRA 500 | |
| 1N10.15 | silicone ball on blackboard | 1N10.15 | Throw a silicone ball at a dirty blackboard, measure the diameter of the mark, and place weights on the silicone ball until it is squashed to the same diameter. |
| 1N10.15 | ball on the blackboard | AJP 51(5),474 | Compare the imprint of a sponge ball thrown against a dirty blackboard with the force required to get an equal size deformation and calculate the interaction time. |
| 1N10.16 | deform clay | M-107 | Drop a 50 g mass on some softened clay, then add masses slowly to another blob of clay until the depression is equal. |
| 1N10.20 | egg in sheet | PIRA 200 | Throw an egg into a sheet held by two students. |
| 1N10.20 | egg in sheet | 1N10.20 | Throw an egg into a sheet held by two students. |
| 1N10.20 | egg in sheet | Disc 05-09 | Throw an egg at a sheet held by two people. |
| 1N10.25 | drop egg in water | PIRA 500 | |
| 1N10.25 | drop egg in water | 1N10.25 | |
| 1N10.30 | pile driver with foam rubber | PIRA 500 | |
| 1N10.30 | pile driver with foam rubber | 1N10.30 | Break a bar of plexiglass supported on two blocks with a pile driver. Add foam to a second bar and it doesn't break. |
| 1N10.30 | piledriver with foam rubber | Disc 05-10 | A pile driver breaks a plastic sheet supported at the sides. Add a piece of foam rubber and the plastic does not break. |
| 1N10.35 | car crashes | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N10.35 | car crashes | 1N10.35 | Roll a car down an incline to smash beer cans. Vary the bumpers to change the impulse. |
| 1N10.35 | car crashes | TPT 13(3),173 | A cart rolls down an incline and smashes a beer can against a brick wall. Four interchangeable bumpers are used to vary the impulse. |
| 1N10.36 | car saftey on the air track | AJP 41(11),1294 | Models of a person with a head, seat belt and a head rest are placed on an air track cart. |
| 1N10.40 | auto collision videodisc | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N10.40 | auto collision videodisc | 1N10.40 | Show segments of the video disc. |
| 1N10.50 | impulse on the air track | AJP 36(7),637 | A rubber band launcher provides an impulse to an air cart. Analysis given is for a lab. |
| 1N10.50 | impulse acceleration track | 9-4.14 | A mass on a right angle lever imparts a known variable impulse to a cart on a track and the final velocity is measured. |
| 1N10.55 | karate blows | AJP 51(9),783 | Not many physics instructors will be able to perform these demonstrations. |
| 1N10.55 | karate strikes | AJP 43(10),845 | Analysis of karate strikes and description of breaking demonstrations. |
| 1N10.56 | water stream impulse | 9-4.11 | The force created by a momentum change in a fine water stream is calculated using measurements obtained with a large scale impulse balance. Construction details. |
| 1N10.57 | jet velocity by impulse | TPT 9(7),413 | The impulse supplied by the counterweight equals the loss of horizontal momentum of a jet of water. The exit velocity of the water jet is then calculated and checked by measuring range. |
| 1N10.63 | thrust with air carts | 9-4.6 | Two carts, one with an air nozzle, the other with a reversible hemispherical deflector can be connected by a spring to show forces internal and external to a system and the effects on thrust resistance and thrust reversal. |
| 1N10.64 | water jet thrust | AJP 33(10),784 | Measure the vertical height of a water jet, collect water to determine the flow, and match the deflection of the nozzle by hanging weights with the flow turned off. |
| 1N10.70 | model rocket impulse | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N10.70 | model rocket impulse | TPT 13(7),435 | Using solid fuel model rocket engines as an impulse generator, demonstrate the impulse-momentum theorem by measuring the final velocity. |
| 1N10.71 | model rocket thrust | TPT 18(4),315 | A device provides a method of measuring the thrust of a model rocket engine and recording it on graph paper. Impulse is calculated. Clever. |
| 1N10.72 | model rocket thrust | 9-3.1 | Modify a toy rockets to maintain continuous discharge. Attach to a platform scale. |
| 1N10.74 | model rocket thrust | 9-3.5 | An apparatus designed to measure the thrust of a rocket is used to check the manufacturer's specifications. |
| 1N10.75 | Dyna-Jet thrust | 9-3.8 | Thrust measurements are made on a pulse jet engine (Dyna-Jet). |
| 1N10.80 | fire extinguisher thrust | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N10.80 | fire extinguisher thrust | TPT 12(8),488 | Measure the thrust of a fire extinguisher. |
| 1N10.81 | measuring impulse | TPT 14(2),112 | Complete treatment of the fire extinguisher cart to get exhaust velocity and average thrust for a variable mass system. |
| 1N10.85 | air cart rocket thrust | 11-1.15 | A device (diagram) measures thrust of a gas propelled air cart. Speed and acceleration are determined by strobe photography. |
| 1N10.90 | thrust independent of medium | 9-3.4 | A rocket pendulum maintains the same angle of recoil in air or water showing thrust is independent of medium. |