| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1N30.00 | Collisions in One Dimension | | |
| 1N30.01 | ref. coef. of restitution | ref. | see 1R40.xx. |
| 1N30.10 | collision balls | PIRA 200 | Two balls or many balls on bifilar suspension. |
| 1N30.10 | collision balls | 1N30.10 | Six billiard balls are mounted on bifilar supports. |
| 1N30.10 | collision balls - croquet | AJP 30(10),767 | Weigh the balls at the store to get nearly equal masses. |
| 1N30.10 | collision balls | 9-5.3 | Eleven billiard balls on bifilar suspension. |
| 1N30.10 | collision balls | M-15a.1 | Two balls, five balls, six balls on bifilar suspension. |
| 1N30.10 | colliding balls | Disc 05-01 | Two balls of equal mass collide, then balls of various mass ratios are used. Collisions with a string of equal balls are also demonstrated. |
| 1N30.11 | bowling ball collision balls | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N30.11 | bowling ball collision balls | 1N30.11 | A large frame holds seven bowling balls on quadfilar supports. |
| 1N30.12 | collision balls | M-68 | Two balls on bifilar suspension. |
| 1N30.13 | collision balls | 9-5.2 | A two ball collision ball apparatus for the overhead projector. |
| 1N30.14 | collision balls theory | AJP 49(8),761 | In addition to conservation of momentum and energy, the system must be capable of dispersion-free propagation. |
| 1N30.14 | collision balls - theory | AJP 50(11),977 | The collision balls are described as a series of spatially separated masspoints and springs with a force law exponent of 1.5. |
| 1N30.15 | pitfalls in rolling ball collisions | AJP 36(1),56 | Friction and other factors that affect rolling collisions. |
| 1N30.15 | billiard balls | Mg-2 | Do collision balls with billiard balls in a "v" track. |
| 1N30.15 | billiard balls | 9-5.7 | A set of grooved billiard balls run on steel edges. |
| 1N30.15 | billiard balls | M-15a.2 | Roll a ball down an incline into a trough with five other balls. |
| 1N30.15 | billiard balls | M-15b | Looks like a rolling bowling ball hits another. |
| 1N30.16 | billiard balls | 9-5.8 | Duckpin balls slide on two taut parallel steel wires. Construction details in the appendix, p.566. |
| 1N30.20 | 3:1 collision balls | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N30.20 | collision balls - 3:1 | 1N30.20 | |
| 1N30.20 | collision balls, 3:1 | Mg-1 | A set of identical steel balls on bifilar suspensions. Also one ball can be three times the mass, insert wax for inelasticity. |
| 1N30.20 | 3:1 collision balls | 9-5.13 | Many collisions in a 3:1:1 system - elastic and inelastic. |
| 1N30.21 | collision balls, 3:1 | M-127 | Two ball collisions of pendula on bifilar supports. Elastic, inelastic, and 3:1 mass ratio. ref.APT,3,36,1935. |
| 1N30.23 | time reversal invariance | AJP 41(4),574 | The collisions of equal length pendula of different mass are used to demonstrate time reversal invariance. Also works with three balls. |
| 1N30.25 | impedance match collision balls | PIRA 500 | |
| 1N30.25 | impedence match collision balls | 1N30.25 | A big ball hits a smaller ball in one frame, and a second frame holds an series of balls between the big and small balls. |
| 1N30.25 | impedence match collision balls | AJP 36(1),46 | Big ball hits a small ball with and without an intermediate series of impedance matching balls. |
| 1N30.25 | impedence match collision balls | 9-5.12 | First a large ball hits a small ball, then other various sized balls are interposed to maximize energy transfer. |
| 1N30.29 | collision balls analysis | AJP 54(7),660 | A simplified model of the collision balls that goes beyond conservation of energy and momentum but is still within the scope of an introductory course. |
| 1N30.30 | air track collision gliders | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N30.30 | air track collision gliders | 1N30.30 | Two sets of air track carts, one with springs and the other with velcro, give elastic and inelastic collision. |
| 1N30.30 | air trough collisions | AJP 33(10),784 | Elastic and inelastic collisions on the air trough. A circuit is given for a light beam gated oscillator for use with a scaler. |
| 1N30.30 | elastic and inelastic collisions | Disc 05-03 | Air gliders have springs on one end and the post/clay on the other. |
| 1N30.31 | air track collision tricks | AJP 42(8),707 | Place a meter stick on two carts and lift it up before one hits an end bumper, a simple spring release device momentarily held with beeswax. |
| 1N30.31 | air track collision gliders | Mg-4 | Use a meter stick resting on top of two airtrack carts to give equal velocities. After one hits the end bumper, you have equal and opposite velocities. |
| 1N30.32 | air track collision gliders | 7-1.5.3 | A moving car runs into a stationary one and sticks. Photogate timing before and after. |
| 1N30.33 | equal and unequal mass air track collisions | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N30.33 | air track collision gliders | Mg-3 | Air track carts with bumper springs. |
| 1N30.33 | air track collision gliders | 11-1.1 | A small cart hits a big one elastically. The big one is placed so that after the collision both carts hit the ends simultaneously. The carts will again collide at the original place. |
| 1N30.33 | equal and unequal mass collisions | Disc 05-02 | Equal and unequal mass air gliders. |
| 1N30.34 | air track collision gliders | AJP 33(10),784 | Elastic and inelastic collisions on the air trough. A circuit is given for a light beam gated oscillator for use with a scaler. |
| 1N30.36 | hot wheels collisions | TPT 10(7),416 | Uses Hot Wheels. |
| 1N30.41 | inelastic collisions | TPT 11(1),51 | A simple student experiment for elastic and inelastic collisions using PSSC collision carts. |
| 1N30.41 | inelastic collisions | TPT 9(6),346 | A simple student experiment for inelastic collisions using PSSC collision carts. |
| 1N30.43 | inelastic collisions air cart clamp | AJP 33(6),vi | Design of a simple rubber clamp for stopping Ealing air carts. |
| 1N30.43 | inelastic collisions with clay | AJP 37(9),941 | Mount a plunger on one air track and a cylinder packed with modeling clay on the other. |
| 1N30.43 | inelastic collisons with velcro | AJP 36(9),851 | Mount velcro on air carts with Swingline paper binders. |
| 1N30.43 | inelastic collisions with velcro | TPT 10(8),478 | Use velcro instead of wax. |
| 1N30.43 | inelastic collisions | 9-5.6 | Two latching carts that can be loaded come together with equal force. Construction details in appendix, p. 565. |
| 1N30.45 | velocity of a softball | Mi-1 | A softball is thrown into a box (inelastic collision) and the velocity of the box is obtained from the recoil distance. |
| 1N30.46 | slow inelastic collision | AJP 54(7),658 | An unrolling thread slowly transfers momentum between air track gliders. |
| 1N30.50 | bouncing dart | PIRA 500 | |
| 1N30.50 | the bouncing dart | 1N30.50 | Same as TPT 22(5),302. |
| 1N30.50 | the bouncing dart | TPT 22(5),302 | A dart hits a block of wood with a thud (inelastic) but with the pointer removed (elastic) knocks the block over showing greater impulse associated with elastic collisions. |
| 1N30.51 | ball - pendulum collisions | 9-5.10 | A small ball rolls down an incline and strikes a larger pendulum bob on either a putty covered side or a plain steel side. |
| 1N30.52 | pendulum - cart collisions | TPT 5(5),124 | Two pendulums of equal height are released simultaneously from the same height so as to strike low friction carts. The pendulum bobs are of equal mass, one of steel and the other of clay. Greater momentum transfer during the elastic collision is observed. |
| 1N30.55 | elastic and inelastic model | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N30.55 | elastic and inelastic model | 1N30.55 | Two carts collide with a wall. One cart stops dead due to masses at oscillating inside with different frequencies. |
| 1N30.60 | double ball drop | PIRA 500 | |
| 1N30.60 | double ball drop | 1N30.60 | Drop a softball on a basketball. |
| 1N30.60 | dropping superballs | TPT 21(7),466 | Analysis of dropping two stacked superballs. Application to "slingshot effect" of space probes on the grand tour. |
| 1N30.60 | high bounce | Disc 05-05 | Drop a softball on a basketball (1:3) mass ratio. |
| 1N30.61 | double ball drop | AJP 55(2),183 | Some analysis of the double ball drop. |
| 1N30.62 | velocity amplification in collisions | AJP 39(6),656 | The complete treatment: double object, double ball, multiple ball, analog computer circuit, linear and non-linear models. |
| 1N30.64 | modified two ball drop | AJP 58(7),696 | A double mass-spring collision on a guide rod allows more control than the double ball method. |
| 1N30.65 | double air glider bounce | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1N30.65 | double air glider bounce | 1N30.65 | Let two air gliders accelerate down 30 cm of track and measure the rebound as the mass of the lead glider is increased. |
| 1N30.65 | douple drop history | AJP 36(9),845 | Brief theory of the double ball drop. Suggests trying a double air cart collision on and inclined air track. |
| 1N30.70 | colliding cylinders | AJP 42(1),54 | One cylinder slides down a track and collides with another on a horizontal track. Friction is factored in. |
| 1N30.71 | modified colliding cylinders | AJP 58(6),599 | Modifications to AJP 42(1),54. |
| 1N30.86 | inelastic collisions photo | 9-1.9 | A strobed photo is made of the collision of two carts on a table. |
| 1N30.86 | air track collision photo | M-15e.1 | Record air track collisions with strobe photography. |
| 1N30.87 | air track collision timer | AJP 45(7),684 | Plans for an electronic device to be used for velocity readout in air track collision demonstrations. Gives readout before and after collision. |