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most citedUsing the mobile phone acceleration sensor in Physics experiments: free and damped harmonic oscillations

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physics.ed-ph2026

Analytical and Experimental Study of a Variable-Mass Oscillator with Constant Mass Loss

Rod Milbrandt, Josep Ll. Suñer, Juan C. Castro-Palacio +2

We present an analytical and experimental study of a variable-mass oscillator with constant mass loss. Starting from the equation of motion of a spring-mass system whose mass decre…

physics.ed-ph2026

Bringing Engineering into the Physics Lab: Exploring Crank-Slider Dynamics with Smartphones

Josep Ll. Suñer, Rod Milbrandt, Juan C. Castro-Palacio +3

Many of the students enrolled in the calculus-based physics sequence are pursuing engineering degrees. Lab activities that have a direct connection to engineering, analyzed with th…

physics.ed-ph2026

Uniform and Accelerated Circular Motion with a Smartphone: A No-Code, AI-Generated Browser Laboratory

Josep Ll. Suñer, Francisco M. Muñoz-Pérez, Juan C. Castro-Palacio +4

Smartphones have become a standard measurement instrument in the physics laboratory. Their built-in accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and cameras have been used to investi…

physics.ed-ph2025

Combining Physics and Mathematics Learning: A Taylor Series Analysis of an Oscillating Magnetic Field

Santiago Ortuno-Molina, Adrian Garmendia-Martinez, Pedro Fernandez-de-Cordoba +3

In this work, we present a simple and low-cost experiment designed to study the oscillations of the magnetic field created by a cylindrical magnet under two different conditions: f…

physics.ed-ph2025

Using a remote control to determine the infrared absorption coefficient in water

Santiago Ortuno-Molina, Adrian Garmendia-Martinez, Francisco M. Munoz-Perez +2

In this work, we present a simple and low cost experiment designed to determine the infrared water absorption coefficient. We used a TV remote control as a point source of infrared…

physics.ed-ph2025

A very low-current electromagnetic induction experiment enhanced by acoustic means

Santiago Ortuno-Molina, Rod Milbrandt, Juan C. Castro-Palacio +1

We have created a simple, portable, low-cost setup allowing the students and teachers to experiment with and discuss electromagnetic induction in a safe way, using low currents. Th…