Invited Session: Toys and Mechanisms

Presentations

• Rotation with zero angular momentum: Demonstrations of the falling cat phenomenon go sour

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 1:15 PM – March 4, 2014, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Andy Ruina

    Cornell University, Mechanical Engineering

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• Physics of Toys: The Joy of Asking Questions

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 1:51 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:27 PM

  Authors

  • Beverley Taylor

    Miami University

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• Water Bouncing Balls: how material stiffness affects water entry

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 2:27 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:03 PM

  Authors

  • Tadd Truscott

    Brigham Young University

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• Snap, crack and pop: What elastic instabilities in toys can teach us

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 3:03 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:39 PM

  Authors

  • Dominic Vella

    Oxford University, University of Oxford

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• The mechanics of trick roping

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 4, 2014, 3:39 PM – March 4, 2014, 4:15 PM

  Authors

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    EPFL, LFMI

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