Fluid Resistance Studies with an Atwood Machine

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Abstract

An Atwood machine in which one of its masses moves through water is used to study fluid resistance. In particular, efforts are made to compare the effects of the water resistance for objects of similar geometry but different densities. The presentation describes the apparatus, the computer system used for data acquisition and the various schemes used in the investigation.

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Authors

  • Ken Taylor

    Lake Highlands High School

  • Dan Suson

    Chairman, STW Committee, South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Texas Instruments, Region 9 Education Service Center, Montgomery High School, Texas A and M University, Texas Regional Collaborative, Lake Highlands High School, Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Texas Texas U.- Biological Science, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India, Purdue University at Calumet, TSAPS President, TSAAPT President, University of Texas Pan American, UTSA

  • Dan Suson

    Chairman, STW Committee, South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Texas Instruments, Region 9 Education Service Center, Montgomery High School, Texas A and M University, Texas Regional Collaborative, Lake Highlands High School, Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Texas Texas U.- Biological Science, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India, Purdue University at Calumet, TSAPS President, TSAAPT President, University of Texas Pan American, UTSA

  • Dan Suson

    Chairman, STW Committee, South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Texas Instruments, Region 9 Education Service Center, Montgomery High School, Texas A and M University, Texas Regional Collaborative, Lake Highlands High School, Department of Physics, Sam Houston State University, Texas Texas U.- Biological Science, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India, Purdue University at Calumet, TSAPS President, TSAAPT President, University of Texas Pan American, UTSA