PIRA 7F10.00 SPECIAL RELATIVITY

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
7F10.00Special Relativity
7F10.05gravitational surfaceref.see 8C20.20
7F10.10Lorentz transformation machinePIRA 1000
7F10.10Lorentz transformation machineAJP 31(10),802A machine shows the behavior of clocks and measuring rods in two reference frames.
7F10.10Lorentz transformation machine38-1.3A device offers visual representation of the space and time coordinates of two reference frames in uniform relative motion. Picture, Reference: AJP 31(10),802.
7F10.20flow ripple tank - twin sourcePIRA 1000
7F10.20flow ripple tank38-1.1Wave propagation upstream and downstream is shown with a flow ripple tank. Picture.
7F10.20flow ripple tank - twin source38-1.2Twin source interference in a moving medium is demonstrated with a flow ripple tank and variable phase generator.
7F10.25foam rubber rollerPIRA 1000
7F10.26Fitzgerald contraction modelAJP 31(12),913A stick traveling at constant velocity makes a traveling dimple in an elastic sheet.
7F10.31time dilation - HS gedankenTPT 3(5),218Algebra and geometry only covering a gedanken experiment of time dilation and space contraction.
7F10.32simple diagramsAJP 56(10),941Simple diagrams for representing relativistic length contraction and time dilation.
7F10.35induction coil relativityAJP 48(9),780On using the simple induction coil and galvanometer as a special relativity demonstration.
7F10.40computer relativistic phenomenaAJP 58(11),1066The Edwin F Taylor Spacetime Software is used to generate printouts demonstrating aberration, the Doppler effect, the headlight effect, etc.
7F10.40computer software reviewAJP 57(6),508An evaluation of the Taylor "Space-time" software, used mainly in a homework mode.
7F10.41many colored relativity engineAJP 56(7),600The author's review of a simple program about relativistic space and time that requires no knowledge of physics, algebra, or geometry.
7F10.50cylindrical relatvity modelAJP 47(3),218A spacetime diagram rolled on a cardboard tube is used to demonstrate the nature of simultaneity and the propagation of light in a rotating coordinate system.
7F10.55geometrical appearancesAJP 38(8),971Some examples are illustrated in detail.
7F10.60time reversal invarianceref.see 1N30.21
7F10.60Lorentz TransformationPIRA 500
7F10.60Lorentz Transformation disc7F10.60The Mechanical Universe chapter 42 and the Hewitt film "Relativistic Time Dilation"
7F10.65Hewitt FilmPIRA 500
7F10.65Hewitt film7F10.65
7F10.66Majestic clockworkPIRA 1000

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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