%0 Generic %1 Akoglu2017Cycloid %A Akoglu, R. %A Mazharimousavi, S. Habib %A Halilsoy, M. %D 2017 %K teaching %T Cycloid Experiment for freshmen physics labs %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.06597 %X We establish an instructive experiment to investigate the minimum time curve traveled by a small billiard ball rolling in a grooved track under gravity. Our intention is to popularize the concept of minimum time curve anew, and to propose it as a feasible physics experiment both for freshmen and sophomore classes. We observed that even the non-physics major students did enjoy such a cycloid experiment.

@misc{Akoglu2017Cycloid, abstract = {We establish an instructive experiment to investigate the minimum time curve traveled by a small billiard ball rolling in a grooved track under gravity. Our intention is to popularize the concept of \textit{minimum time curve} anew, and to propose it as a feasible physics experiment both for freshmen and sophomore classes. We observed that even the non-physics major students did enjoy such a cycloid experiment.}, added-at = {2019-02-23T22:09:48.000+0100}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Akoglu, R. and Mazharimousavi, S. Habib and Halilsoy, M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23546d87b66007aefb53b89e5fe9ecf8d/cmcneile}, citeulike-article-id = {14288464}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.06597}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.06597}, day = 16, eprint = {1702.06597}, interhash = {1e51b26450970ce8bbc6d6f85e7090a8}, intrahash = {3546d87b66007aefb53b89e5fe9ecf8d}, keywords = {teaching}, month = feb, posted-at = {2017-02-27 11:53:45}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-02-23T22:15:27.000+0100}, title = {{Cycloid Experiment for freshmen physics labs}}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.06597}, year = 2017 }