Sunday, October 19, 2014
Slinky Drop Physics
I watched a interesting video on YouTube today, that you should watch. It explained how a slinky falls. What was so interesting about how the slinky fell is that the bottom of the slinky stayed where it was until the top crashed into the bottom of the slinky, and then the entire slinky fell. A physicist by the name of Rod Cross explained that the gravity pulling down on the slinky was the same amount of force as the tension between the top of the slinky and the bottom of the slinky.
It's kind of hard to explain, so take a look at the link below.
I found the video HERE
Objects fall at 9.98 meters per second, so they had to show the falling of the slinky in slow motion.
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Was the Slinky originally invented to be a toy like we use it today?
ReplyDeleteWas Rod Cross the one who invented the slinky or was he just the one that explained that the gravity pulling down on the slinky was the same amount of force as the tension between the top of the slinky and the bottom of the slinky?
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