Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Y13 Kinetic theory of ideal gas

This is not in order. You will have to print them and put the jigsaw puzzle together.





Thursday, December 13, 2012

Y13 capacitor discharge time constant








Answers to worksheet on the message site

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Y12 a bouncing ball

The papers I marked were not good on this. Here are some notes I gave to the GCSE students. THey may be of use.

http://twyfordigcsephysics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/bouncing-ball-in-slow-mo.html

Monday, November 12, 2012

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Y12 F= ma results


Force N
Acceleration (ms-2)
1
1.3
2
1.6
3
1.9
4
2.4
5
2.58
Number of Weights
Acceleration A to B ms-2
0
1.11
1
0.66
2
0.47
3
0.34
4
0.28
5
0.22
6

0.06



 

Monday, October 08, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012

SHM Calculations


1 The motion of a mass m is represented by the following expressions, where x is the displacement from a fixed point and k and a are positive constants. Which of these expressions represent simple harmonic motion?
A acceleration = kx, B velocity = kx, C acceleration = -kx
D velocity = -k(x2 - a2), E velocity = k(a2 x)
2 A mass of 0.01 kg is vibrating up and down with simple harmonic motion; its amplitude is 40mm, and the period is 2s. Find (i) the velocity and acceleration at the centre of oscillation, (ii) its acceleration 10mm from the centre, (iii) its kinetic energy at the centre. At what point is the potential energy a maximum?
3 In simple harmonic motion, a mass of 0.1kg has an amplitude of 10 mm. Calculate (i) the maximum velocity and (ii) the maximum force on the mass, if the period of the motion is
p /2 s.
4 A vibrating mass of 0.06 kg has an amplitude of 0.08 m and a period of 4s. Find the velocity, acceleration and kinetic energy at the middle of the motion. What is the maximum value of the kinetic energy during the motion?
5 Draw sketches of the variations of (i) the kinetic energy, (ii) the potential energy, (iii) the total energy of a particle during one cycle of s.h.m. Account for the appearance of the graphs.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Y13 Shm 2