Springs and colisions

• Grant number: 15/04539-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2015
• End date: April 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Nora Lia Maidana
• Grantee: Felipe Sanches Lopez
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We will verify the feasibility of including a new collision experience for the research project 2014 / 08206-0: The Virtual Laboratory: Complementary didactical material to basic courses in Mechanics. We intend to study situations involving springs and explore several conditions with different degrees of inelasticity. Experiences will be recorded and after an extracted process, the obtained frames will be associated with a moment of time through a time code added to each frame. The material will be included on the virtual experiments site: http://www.fep.if.usp.br/~fisfoto/ along with the laboratory guide that will also be developed.