Mechanics System 1 (4861.10)

A basic introductory system to study the principal laws governing the mechanics subject Mechanics System 1 consists of large, colourful, and easy to see components, made of heavy gauge aluminium and plastic parts stored in foam cushioned plastic storage case. Setting up a demonstration is quick and simple. You can find in this system: balance, inclined plane, friction block, weights, simple machines, pulleys, levers, springs and scales that can be mounted on a variety of possible configurations. In minutes students or instructors can set up many different experiments. Main components • Calliper, stick meter, millimetred scale and goniometric scale • Dynamometers with different ranges • Pulleys, pulleys with hook, differential pulleys • Inclined plane with cart • Springs and spring leafs • Full set of masses for balance and hooked masses for general use • Scale pans • Friction block • Multiuse universal bases with a full set of bossheads • Multifunction support rods and clamps Laws and principles investigated • Balance • Balance’s oscillation measurements • Balance’s sensitivity • Belt wheel drive • Composition and decomposition of forces • Composition of parallel and concordant or discordant forces • Concurrent forces • Decomposition of a force into its components • Determination of the gravity acceleration by means of the simple pendulum • Double weighting • Elongation of a leaf spring • Elongation of a spring • First-class levers • Fixed pulley • Hooke’s law • Inclined plane • Isochronism of the small oscillation of a pendulum • Measurement of length • Mobile and fixed pulley • Mobile pulley • Momentum of a force • Parallelogram of forces • Second and third-class levers • Simple pendulum • Sliding friction • Spring pendulum • Springs in series and in parallel • Static measurement of a force • The concept of kinetic energy • The concept of potential energy • Transmission of a force along a cable • Weight as a force List of the experiments detailed in the instruction manual • Belt drive systems • Composition, decomposition and transmission of forces including the parallelogram law • Analytic balance, double weighting and weight as a force • Levers: including first, second and third class type • Pulley systems: including fixed, mobile and differential pulley • Simple pendulum “Galileo” and spring pendulum • Hooke’s law with spring and spring leaf • Inclined plane and friction • Kinetic and potential energy • Concept of experimental measure and error theory • Springs in series and in parallel Dim.: 83x28x12 cm Weight.: 6 kg

 

Mechanics Upgrade 1 (4941.10)

Once you have purchase Mechanics System 1, you can add this Upgrade to get even more out of your equipment.   The Mechanics Upgrade 1 will give you a complete Dynamics System, complete with low friction carts and full accessories. It’s designed to perform experiments like energy and/or momentum conservation, elastic and inelastic collisions, rolling friction, coupled harmonic oscillators, etc. If you add further accessories to the Altay Carts, you can perform many more experiments as well as interesting demonstrations. Prerequisites Altay Track Set – Code 4954.10 Timing Set – Code 4922.10 or LoggerPro Data Logger– Code 2300.10 with Two Motion Sensors – Code 2310.10 Laws and principles investigated • Conservation of momentum and energy • Coupled harmonic oscillators • Determination of acceleration and velocity • Eddy currents and friction • Elastic and inelastic collisions • Impulse – momentum theorem • Law of Inertia • Kinetic and potential energy • Law of the acceleration • Newton's 1st Law • Newton's 2nd Law • Newton's 3rd Law • Qualitative and quantitative rolling friction • Rectilinear uniform motion • Uniform accelerated rectilinear motion