Measure Deflection of a Beam as Function of Length, Thickness, or Applied Force
Use materials such as spaghetti, styrofoam, or balsa wood to perform experiment. You will need to familiarize yourself with terms such as stress and strain, and possibly expand into materials science terms such as Young's modulus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SEK1-teBA
http://www.clag.org.uk/beam.html
Use materials such as spaghetti, styrofoam, or balsa wood to perform experiment. You will need to familiarize yourself with terms such as stress and strain, and possibly expand into materials science terms such as Young's modulus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SEK1-teBA
http://www.clag.org.uk/beam.html
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