Photoelectric Effect Simulation

Photoelectric Effect Experiment

Photoelectric Effect The photoelectric effect is the phenomenon that the electrons pop out when a light beam incident on a metal surface. It can be thought that the energy of light is transformed into the form … more

Moment of Inertia (3D)

Moment of Inertia (3D)

● It’s a tube. The radius of the tube is outside: inside = 0.75: 1. There is no rolling friction. ● It’s a tube. The radius of the tube is outside: inside = 0.5: 1. There … more

Potential energy ↔ Kinetic energy ↔ Elastic energy

Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Potential energy The potential energy of an object is the energy stored in an object or system. Denoted as Ep. Generally speaking, potential energy refers to potential energy caused by gravity and is proportional to an … more

Potential energy by gravity

Potential energy due to gravity

Potential energy due to gravity Lifting heavy objects increases the potential energy of the object. The amount of work done when lifting an object of mass m by height h can be obtained as (Potential energy … more

Conservation of Mechanical Energy in Rollercoaster

Conservation of Mechanical Energy in Rollercoaster

Conservation of Mechanical Energy If you look at the roller coasters, you can find something interesting. That’s right. There is no engine on the roller coaster. When we lift the roller coaster to the highest point, … more

The principle of riding a swing

The principle of riding a swing

Kids have the know-how, but they can’t tell the principal. “How can you go so high?” Some principles are difficult to describe in words in the world, even if everyone knows. I think one of them … more

What is the fastest at the moment of hitting the ground? (Terminal Velocity)

What is the fastest at the moment of hitting the ground?

Mechanical energy Mechanical energy is the sum of potential and kinetic energy. Mechanical energy = potential energy + kinetic energy Em = EP + EK Mechanical energy conservation Without friction, the sum of an object’s initial … more

Principle of Satellite

Principle of Satellite

How cannonball become an artificial satellite? a. Imagine that a cannonball falls in a parabolic curve. The trajectory the cannonball draws is actually part of an elliptical orbit centered around the Earth. The center of the … more

Slingshot Effect

Slingshot Effect

Slingshot effect Suppose you throw an elastic ball to a moving train. And since the train’s mass is huge, let’s assume that the ball’s mass is negligible compared to the mass of the train. At this … more

Kinetic Energy and Stopping Distance

Kinetic Energy and Stopping Distance

Kinetic energy All moving objects have kinetic energy. The kinetic energy Ek of an object with a mass of ‘m’ and a velocity of ‘v’ can be calculated as follows. \[E_{ k }=\frac { 1 }{ … more