Leaf Spring Motor

Details

Wood mounted black motor with a screwdriver insert

9C10 - Motors

Demo use only

Instances

SN: 0093REOD0006

G2B20A - Demo West (Duane Physics)

Good - Normal Wear Demo use only

Used in these demonstrations

Seven dark blue metal leaf springs of decreasing height with brass block caps, mounted on a brass rail on a red wooden base, with motor and pulley assembly at right end

Leaf Springs Resonance

As the motor speed scans from low to high frequency, successively shorter leaf springs resonate one by one, oscillating violently when the driving frequency matches their natural frequency. Students see …

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