Re: [Phys-l] [PC-SPAM50]:Re: Coriolis Misconception

["LaMontagne, Bob" <RLAMONT@providence.edu>]

Richard,

I was looking at the header to this email and I think you missed a few
newsgroups. 

Bob at PC

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> Subject: [PC-SPAM50]:Re: [Phys-l] Coriolis Misconception
>
> M. Horton (2008), in his Physhare post titled  "Re: Coriolis
> Misconception" references the northern-hemisphere draining-bathtub
> experiment of Ascher Shapiro (1962), but doesn't mention its
> southern-hemisphere counterpart by Trefethen et al. (1965).
>
> For the above and other references related to the Coriolis Effect see
> "More on Coriolis myths and draining bathtubs" [Hake (1994)] and
> "Coriolis myths and draining bathtubs" [Hake (2002)].
>
> Quoting from Hake (1994) [references are updated]:
>
> "The heroic efforts required for these bathtub-vortex observations
> are summarized by Walker (2006), but are well worth reading in the
> original. For the less heroic, or those averse to the splinters of
> wooden bathtubs [Trefethen et al. (1965)],  a plastic-pail bathtub
> may be placed on a merry-go-round with an angular velocity omega of
> about 10^4 greater than that of the Earth. Merry-go-round rotations
> simulating northern and southern hemispheres then result in water
> vortices around the drain that are, respectively, consistently
> counterclockwise and clockwise. This experiment can be performed by
> introductory-course students [Hake (1998)].
>
> Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
> 24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
> Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of  Deventer, The Netherlands.
> <rrhake@earthlink.net>
> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>
>
>
> REFERENCES
> Hake, R.R. 1992. "Socratic Pedagogy in the Introductory Physics
> Laboratory," Phys. Teach 30: 546-552; updated version (4/27/98) at
> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/SocPed1.pdf> (88 kB).
>
> Hake, R.R. 1994. "More on Coriolis myths and draining bathtubs,"
> Letters to the Editor, Am. J. Phys. 62(12): 1063; online to
> subscribers at
> <http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=AJPIAS&Volume=62&Issue=12>.
> See also the two accompanying letters by Hanneken (1994) and
> Robertson (1994).
>
> Hake, R.R. 1998. Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Lab #3, "Circular
> Motion and Frictional Forces," online at
> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>. A Teacher's Guide is available
> on request.  SDI labs [see, e.g., Hake (1992)] are among the more
> effective interactive-engagement methods and are freely available on
> the web.  Unfortunately,  the Socratic Method is widely misunderstood
> - see e.g., Hake (2007).
>
> Hake, R.R. 2002. "Coriolis myths and draining bathtubs," online at
> <http://tinyurl.com/6qa9ns>. Post of 11 Feb 2002 15:21:31-0800 to
> Physhare, Phys-L, & PhysLrnR.
>
> Hake, R.R. 2007. "The Socratic Method of the Historical Socrates,
> Plato's Socrates, and the Law School's Socrates," online at
> <http://tinyurl.com/5fueh9>.  Post of 21 Jun 2007 13:43:05-0700 to
> AERA-J, AERA-L, Phys-L, PhysLrnR, and POD.
>
> Hanneken, J.W. 1994. "Coriolis myths and draining bathtubs," Am. J.
> Phys. 62(12): 1063. online to subscribers at at
> <http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=AJPIAS&Volume=62&Issue=12>.
>
> Horton, M. 2008. "Re: Coriolis Misconception," Physhare post of 6 Aug
> 2008 06:09:20-0700; online at <http://tinyurl.com/6g2ue2>.
>
> Robertson, C. 1994.  "Still more on Coriolis myths and draining
> bathtubs - films and video tapes," Am. J. Phys. 62(12): 1063; online
> to subscribers at at
> <http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=AJPIAS&Volume=62&Issue=12>.
>
> Shapiro, A.H. 1962. "Bathtub Vortex," Nature 196: 1080 - 1081 (1962);
> film Vorticity, Educational Services, Inc., Watertown, Mass., 1961);
> film loop #FM-15, The Bathtub Vortex, ibid., 1963.
>
> Trefethen, L.M.,  R.W. Bilger, P.T. Fink, R.E. Luxton, and R.I.
> Tanner. 1965.  "Bathtub Vortex in the Southern Hemisphere," Nature
> 207: 1084-1085.
>
> Walker, J.  2006. "The Flying Circus of Physics," 2nd edition.  John
> Wiley. Walker, on page 92, gives other references germane to the
> experiments. Amazon.com information at <http://tinyurl.com/59urxv>.
> Note the "Search Inside" feature.
>
>
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