At first glance, this blog post may appear to be about the physics behind a large civil structure on which vehicles and human beings move across. However, that is not the case. This post is about the importance and purpose of a bridge in the structure and function of a violin, as well as the impact a mute has on a violin's performance. On the violin, the bridge is a wooden structure perpendicular to the rest of the violin; it sits atop the wooden face of the violin, and the four strings lie a
Unless you are living under a rock, you would know that March Madness and the beloved basketball season are officially coming to a close. As sad as this end may be for some die hard basketball fans, it should be noted that the sport of basketball (like most other things in our world) is possible only due to the presence of physics. While there are many possible applications of physics, from the friction between the shoes of the players and the court, to the tension (or lack thereof) in the str
A very useful device for many instrumentalists and musicians, in particularly string players, is a metronome. A mechanical metronome is a box like object that produces a steady beat. A musician sets this beat based on the tempo marking of the piece which they are practicing, and then the beats produced by the metronome help the musician to play at a steady pace and to avoid rushing or slowing. So, how does a metronome work? Well, from the outside, a metronome actually appears like an upside dow
As a kid, I was always at my neighbor's house because they always had the newest and coolest trampoline. Turns out that this cool contraption requires many physics concepts in order to work. The energies required for a spring are kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and spring potential energy. When you bend your knees in order to take your first jump, you are using your gravitational force downward in order to compress the spring in the trampoline (work from your knees is transferr
I just returned from a calc group session at school with my friends and our calculus teacher. My friend, in an attempt to make Taylor Polynomials and series less of a burden, brought along her little dog. Ironically, as I was sitting there, the pup inspired what I am afraid will be my final blog post of my AP Physics C year. Well, my friend had gotten up from her seat, and the dog, which was tied by a leash to the chair, wanted a change of scenery. As a result, she attempted to jump onto the
