Cidepe

Function

Intended for experimental study, physics laboratory work, and conducting physics experiments on: Statics. Mass, weight, and determining the local value of g. Mass is a scalar quantity, and force is a vector quantity. Measuring the weight of masses. Tables and graphs. The composition of coplanar concurrent forces at 90° angles. Force and vectors. Characteristics of a vector. Graphical representation of a vector quantity. Collinear and coplanar vectors. The resultant vector. Operations with coplanar and non-parallel vectors. Some types of force. Measuring the weight of a set of masses. Measuring the component forces and determining the resultant force. Comparing the resultant force with the equilibrant force. The composition and decomposition of coplanar concurrent forces at 60° angles. The parallelogram rule. Measuring the angle between component forces. Measuring the component forces and determining the resultant force. Comparing the resultant force with the equilibrant force. The composition and decomposition of coplanar concurrent forces at 120° to each other. The composition and decomposition of coplanar concurrent forces. Mass is a scalar quantity and force is a vector quantity. The resultant vector. Vector operations. Force diagram. Measuring the angle, the component forces, and determining the resultant force. Calculating the percentage relative error. The equilibrium conditions of a rigid body, Varignon's theorem. The pure translational motion of a rigid body. The pure rotational motion of a rigid body. What is meant by torque (or couple, or moment of a force) in relation to the center of moments. The direction of torque. The sense of torque, right-hand rule. Measuring weights and calculating the average value. The two necessary and sufficient conditions for the equilibrium of a rigid body. Verifying the equilibrium conditions of a rigid body. Verifying the equilibrium conditions in a first-class lever, Varignon's theorem. The first-class lever and the forces acting on it, neglecting the weight of the lever. Identifying the values of the acting forces and their positions. Determining the resultant force on the first-class lever, neglecting the weight of the lever. Determining the resultant moment of the forces acting on the lever, neglecting the weight of the lever. Dynamics. The simple machine called a fixed pulley. Identifying the driving force and the resisting force in the use of the fixed pulley. The simple machine called a movable pulley and its mechanical advantage. Identifying the driving force and the resisting force in the use of the movable pulley. Determining the mechanical advantages of the fixed pulley. An application of fixed pulleys, a load lifting system. The elastic constant of a helical spring, Hooke's law, restoring force. Constructing the table and graph F versus x. Elastic deformation and plastic deformation. The elastic constant of a series association of springs, Hooke's law, restoring force. The elastic constant of a parallel association of springs, Hooke's law, restoring force. Conservation of Energy. Work and mechanical energy in a mass-spring system. The physical meaning of the area under the graph of F versus x. Wave motion. The simple pendulum and its laws. The ideal simple pendulum. Elongation and amplitude in the motion of a simple pendulum. The period and frequency of a simple pendulum. The law of isochronism of the pendulum. The law of masses and pendulum substances. The law of lengths of the simple pendulum. The mass-spring oscillator, dynamic determination of the spring constant. Simple harmonic motion (SHM) in a mass-spring system. Elongation and amplitude of SHM, etc.