PHYSICS LAB · BETA VERSION
Physics in Motion
Explore the laws of physics through animated simulations, synchronized graphs and step-by-step calculations. Change the parameters and see how physical phenomena evolve.
Explore classical kinematics, dynamics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Every simulator states the model assumptions and the measurement units.
Explore Projectile MotionKinematics 2 simulators listed
Motion in a Straight Line
Uniform and uniformly accelerated motion. Animate a moving body, adjust velocity and acceleration, and compare position, velocity and acceleration graphs.
Open simulator →Projectile Motion
Explore a projectile's trajectory, flight time, range and velocity components without air resistance.
Open simulator →Dynamics 7 simulators listed
Inclined Plane
Weight and its components, normal force, static and kinetic friction. Explore ascending and descending motion, stopping, reversals, synchronized graphs and detailed worked solutions.
Open simulator →Forces and Newton's Second Law
Vector addition of forces, equilibrium, acceleration, true-scale diagrams and interactive two-dimensional graphs.
Open simulator →Pulleys and Connected Systems
Atwood machine and connected masses on an incline. Constraints, tensions, friction, stopping events, animation and step-by-step explanations.
Open simulator →Work and Energy
Kinetic and potential energy, work, energy loss due to friction and collisions, conservation and numerical energy balances.
Open simulator →Momentum and Collisions
Elastic and inelastic collisions, adjustable sphere radii, physical contact, impulse, energy and momentum conservation.
Open simulator →Oscillations: Spring and Pendulum
Harmonic and damped motion, nonlinear pendulum, energy, period, equations and synchronized graphs.
Open simulator →Gravitation and Orbits
Newtonian gravity, bound and escape trajectories, Kepler’s laws, energies, angular momentum and surface impacts.
Open simulator →Waves and Propagation 1 simulators listed
Mechanical Waves: Transverse and Longitudinal
Travelling harmonic waves, particle displacement, phase speed, period, phase and four synchronized plots.
Open simulator →Fluid Mechanics 2 simulators listed
Hydrostatics: Pressure and Buoyancy
Hydrostatic pressure, hydraulic press, Pascal’s and Archimedes’ principles, equilibrium, sinking, graphs, animations and SI calculations.
Open simulator →Fluid Dynamics: Bernoulli and Torricelli
Continuity equation, Venturi tube, pressure, flow rate and losses. Draining tanks with varying water level, graphs and worked SI calculations.
Open simulator →Thermodynamics 3 simulators listed
Ideal Gases and the First Law
Isothermal, isobaric, isochoric and reversible adiabatic processes. p–V diagrams, heat, work, internal energy, entropy and SI calculations.
Open simulator →Heat Engines: Carnot, Otto, Diesel
Four processes per cycle, pressure–volume diagrams, work, heat, efficiency and energy balances; idealized models with step-by-step solutions in SI units.
Open simulator →Calorimetry and Heat Transfer
Thermal equilibrium of two bodies, steady conduction through two layers, melting and freezing, temperatures, heat flows, energy, entropy and worked solutions.
Open simulator →Part of the Science Lab. Visit the Mathematics Lab. Physics modules reuse the Mathematics Lab calculation engines and shared parser whenever compatible.