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Makarov Physics Suite
200 interactive modules span mechanics, waves, optics, electromagnetism, quantum phenomena, fluids and thermodynamics. Work with physical objects, inspect detailed 3D apparatus and connect the motion to live measurements.
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Physics
Capacitor lab
Compare a parallel-plate field solver with an ideal coaxial capacitor. Move a probe through the radial field; hold voltage or isolate charge.
Physics
Static electricity
Transfer charge between two contacts, then explore carpet charging and air breakdown.
Physics
Inside the wire
Electric current up close: an electron gas drifts through a vibrating lattice - drift vs thermal speed, Joule heating, and why resistance grows with temperature.
Physics
Electron optics
An electron gun, a lens and two deflection pairs in 3D: the beam is steered by a solved field.
Physics
Casimir effect
Two plates in vacuum attract because the modes that fit between them are fewer than the ones outside. The difference of two infinities is computed here, not quoted: watch the divergent sum leave −1/12 behind.
Physics
Gauss's law
Integrate E.dA over a closed surface and compare with Q/e0. Move a charge out and the total jumps; move it about inside and nothing changes.
Physics / Earth
Foucault pendulum
The Earth's rotation turns the swing plane: precession ∝ sin(latitude).
Physics
Planetary gearbox
Sun, planets, ring and carrier: three members turn and one equation binds them, so holding a different member gives a different ratio out of the same wheels - reduction, overdrive, reversal.
Physics / Engineering
Electric motors
Compare a DC motor and generator with a separate three-phase FOC machine. Change the load and follow phase currents, rotor motion, speed and torque.
Physics
Electromagnetic wave
E and B at right angles, in step, travelling at 1/sqrt(e0*m0) - the speed that made light an electromagnetic wave. Poynting points the way.
Physics
Transformer
Two coils and a closed iron core: the flux those arrows carry is the only thing linking them. Trade turns for voltage; open the load and the primary shrinks to the magnetizing trickle.
Some modules belong to more than one Suite. Shared experiments have one description here.