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SM16: Applying Poynting’s Energy Flux to Hydrodynamic Systems
By applying Poynting’s reasoning to time-independent laminar flows of incompressible viscous fluids we show that the energy flux for such systems can ...View more
SM16: Cheap and Eye-Catching Demo of Young's Double Slit
Many images that represent the double-slit interference phenomenon are opaque and indecipherable to those who do not already understand the concept. T...View more
SM16: Comparing Multiple Standardized Assessment Tools in Large-Lecture Introductory Physics
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Physics is in the process of revising several of its introductory physics courses to incorporate ref...View more
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