Investigating viscous damping using a webcam

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-436

  Shamim, Sohaib ^a   Zia, Wasif ^a   Anwar, Muhammad Sabieh ^a  

^a LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

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EID: 77953531046     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3298370     Document Type: Article

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