Examples

On this page we have collected a small selection of examples, which can be carried out through use of the SpeedMec.

Pole-pendulum

Possible themes include determination of period (very precise!), position-time graphing (comparison with Sine function is possible), dampening of the pendulum (exponential decay of the amplitude?), etc.

Expanded Pole-pendulum

This is a variation of the simple pole-pendulum. The mass is attached with a thread, which is attached to the mouse's axle adaptation.

Dynamic Cart

With the SpeedMec Dynamic Cart (accessory), acceleration experiments are easily carried out. The Cartss can easily be weighted in addition to their exact mass of 100g.
All Wagons come equipped with springs so that they will bounce back upon contact with a vertical edge. This also makes experimentation with thrust quite easy.

Spring-Weight-Pendulum

This experiment is very similar in construction to the Rolling Wagon (above). As you can see, the adjustment from one experiment to another is very simple.
In the place of the Wagon is a spring. The mass attached to the end moves with simple harmonic motion, which is recorded by the SpeedMec.

Double Pendulum

As seen here, two SpeedMecs can also be used simultaneously! In this experiment, two pendulums are coupled to one weight. The two pendulums exchange energy, which can be directly observed on the graphed output.

Chaos Pendulum

The Chaos Pendulum is always an especially impressive experiment. A second pendulum is attached with a joint to the first.
By doing this, the chaotic behavior of the two pendulums can easily be recorded and analysed with the help of the software program.