Cycloid Experiment for freshmen physics labs
Physics Education
2018-09-27 v1
Abstract
We establish an instructive experiment to investigate the minimum time curve traveled by a small billiard ball rolling in a grooved track under gravity. Our intention is to popularize the concept of \textit{minimum time curve} anew, and to propose it as a feasible physics experiment both for freshmen and sophomore classes. We observed that even the non-physics major students did enjoy such a cycloid experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1702.06597,
title = {Cycloid Experiment for freshmen physics labs},
author = {R. Akoglu and S. Habib Mazharimousavi and M. Halilsoy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06597},
year = {2018}
}
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4 pages 3 figures