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HD animations coming online
High Definition animations are being added to the local collection. Many have YouTube versions that can be found by looking at the resource's full record. The project YouTube channel can be found at http://youtube.com/mrg3.
Welcome
This is is the searchable catalogue of the Physics and Astronomy Animations Project.
These works are available for use under a Creative Commons
License.
New Resources
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Uncompressible Flow and Fluid Velocity 2
This animation shows how fluid velocity is affected by pipe size for an uncompressable fluid. |
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| http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/misc/flow_11.avi | |||
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Ampere's Law Applied to a Toroidal Solenoid
This animation depicts the application of Ampere's Law to a toroidal solenoid in order to calculate the magnetic field strength along the axis of the torus. |
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| http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/EM/torroidal_solenoid_am... | |||
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The Equatorial System
The Equatorial System is used to locate things on the Celestial Sphere, that great bowl of stars that surrounds us. The celestial poles (determined by the rotation of the earth) and the corresponding... |
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| http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/astro/equatorial_system.... | |||
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The Horizon System
The Horizon System is used to locate things on the great sphere around us that includes the sky as well as the unseen stars below the horizon. Zenith (the point straight overhead) and the ideal... |
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| http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/astro/horizon_system.avi | |||
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Latitude and Longitude
This animation illustrates that standard way of describing a location on the earth's spherical surface using latitude and longitude. The zero points for these coordinates arise from the rotation of... |
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| http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/astro/lat_and_long.avi | |||
