H Joachim Schlichting and Wilfried Suhr 2010 Eur. J. Phys. 31 501 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/31/3/007
The buzzer—a novel physical perspective on a classical toy
H Joachim Schlichting and Wilfried Suhr
Show affiliationsWe present a physically interesting toy, which is easily constructed and operated—the so-called buzzer. In spite of its simplicity, its physical analysis turns out to be rather complex. Thus, it comes as no surprise that most of its users are not familiar with the underlying physical mechanism. In this paper we propose a physical model which allows for the qualitative and quantitative description of the fundamental physical properties of the buzzer and report on the good agreement between theoretical and experimental data. The model is designed to give a basis for further simplification.
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Issue 3 (May 2010)
Received 11 December 2009, in final form 15 February 2010
Published 15 March 2010
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