Code Number: 1D15.53

cycloid track

 
Cycloid Track Demo

 

Demo Title: Cycloid Track

Condition: Excellent

Area of Study: Mechanics

Equipment:  Large Aluminum Track, Small Plexiglas Track

Procedure: 

Several cycloid tracks are available for demonstration.  Note that you can place two ball bearing at any point on the track and when released they will meet at the bottom.

References:

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  • Mikolaj "Mik" Sawicki, "Tautochrone as a Harmonic Oscillator", TPT, Vol. 43, #4, April 2005, p. 236.
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  • Richard Manliffe Sutton, "M-88, Galileo's Inclined Planes", Demonstration Experiments in Physics, 1938, p. 42.

    1D15.53 - Cycloid Track