Ma-3 Coriolis Acceleration
Published: Tuesday 04 April 2006 - Updated: Wednesday 18 April 2007
Aim
To demonstrate the path of an object viewed from both a frame attached to the earth and one attached to the rotating frame.
Apparatus
- Coriolis apparatus
- CCD camera with battery supply
- Video Transmitter
- Monitor
- Leand Low Voltage Power supply
Diagrams
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Videos
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Description
A pendulum is supported on a trapezoidal frame that may be rotated at constant speed by a friction wheel in contact with the lower base. A camera mounted on the axis of rotation transmits an image of the swinging pendulum bob to a nearby monitor. The camera may by the flick of a lever either rotate with the rotating frame or be locked so that it is in a fixed frame of reference. The path followed by the swinging pendulum can be viewed in either of the two frames. The straight line motion of the pendulum produces a varied selection of curved traces in the rotating frame.