Measuring the speed of sound
In this experiment the speed of sound was measured through time of flight method using a sound card. Two microphones
Friction on an inclined plane
As part of our project, we conducted a video analysis of rolling and sliding objects down an inclined plane to
The vertical pendulum
A paradigmatic physical system is the physical pendulum is experimentally studied using the acceleration and rotation. We used smart phone
Tracking kinematics of a fruitfly using video analysis
The ultimate aim of the project was to obtain displacement, velocity and acceleration-time graphs for a fruit fly, for which
Dynamics of emptying a cylinder: Poiseuielle’s law
Two SSE freshmen took up the alternative studio course to explore the world of the experimental physics themselves. Their main
Quantitative investigation of magnetic braking
This project entailed an investigation of the magnetic damping of a metallic disk oscillating inside a nominally uniform magnetic field.
Measuring velocity by electromagnetic induction
This Studio project combined mechanics with electromagnetism. The e.m.f. induced in a set of vertically displaced coils as a magnet
How do objects heat up and cool?
Heating and cooling are common phenomena. The current project was aimed at verifying these processes quantitatively. For example, it was
