Gustavus Adolphus College

Physlet Illustrations

                 by Steve Mellema and Chuck Niederriter

    These illustrations are listed by topic and each is keyed to our current introductory textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Edition, by Raymond Serway and Robert Beichner. They include step-by-step hints intended to develop the concepts involved. In some cases, the user may activate "Physlet Assistance" to provide additional guidance.

Mechanics

• One-Dimensional Kinematics: Motion with Constant Acceleration
• Two-Dimensional Kinematics: Shooting a Projectile over a Mountain
• Two-Dimensional Kinematics: The Monkey and the Hunter
• Hooke's Law: Determining the Value of a Spring Constant
• Force and Power: The Hill Climb
• Energy: A Horizontal Spring System
• Energy: A Vertical Spring System
• Energy: A Damped Spring System

Fluids

• Archimedes' Principle

Oscillations and Waves

• Standing Waves in a Tube
• Beats

Thermodynamics

• Thermal Expansion
• Work Done in an Isothermal Process

Electric Circuits

• DC Charging  of a Capacitor
• AC Impedance of an RLC Series Circuit

Optics

• Dispersion in a Prism

Relativity

• Relativistic Time Dilation

Atomic Physics

• Photon Emission in the Bohr Model

Illustrations written by:

Steve Mellema and Chuck Niederriter

Physics Department

Gustavus Adolphus College

St. Peter, MN 56082