Dr. Dennis Albers' Physics Page


		PHYSICS
PHYSICS 1 (Conceptual Physics)
	Discussing the characteristics of a gravitational black hole


PHYSICS 4A & 5A (Introductory Physics for Scientists & Engineers)

Exploring Buoyancy
	Collapsed 1 meter plastic cube		Cube filled with low-mass gas. Adjusting hanging weights so cube remains stationary in the air

	Filling a hot-air balloon		Flight of the hot-air balloon

Predicting motion via Newtonian modeling. Low-friction case

		Glider on low-friction air track

Predicting motion via Newtonian modeling. No friction, high air drag case

Description : Brief description of toy rocket project

	Wind Tunnel measurement of rocket's drag coefficient

	Setting up for a launch		Launched toy rocket



			Class of 2001 rocketeers

PHYSICS 4B & 5B (Introductory Physics for Scientists & Engineers)

Predicting motion subject to an electric force.

	A team developing a model for the behavior of a low-friction cart with an electrically-charged ball attached

	Getting a charge out of a van de graff generator

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