Technische Mechanik · interactive

Textbook in Motion

Exam-sheet drawings that move. Each page integrates the real equations of motion in your browser; change the numbers and watch what happens.

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  Problem

  Two Masses Collide After a Quarter Pipe

  Same start, two coefficients of restitution. Friction, a spring, every impact.

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  Problem

  Double Pendulum, Twice

  Two identical pendulums, a hair apart at the start. Drag the rods and watch them part ways.

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  Problem

  Newton's Cradle with e < 1

  Lift one, two or three balls; pick e and watch the row slowly merge into one swing.

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  Problem

  Pendulum on a String That Goes Slack

  Release it above the horizontal: the string sags, the mass falls, the string jerks tight.

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  Problem

  Inverted Double Rod on a Shaker

  Shake the pivot fast enough and the rods stand upside down. Ease off and they fall.