Continuum mechanics

The Dropper is an extraordinary ride unlike any other. As the coaster winds rapidly through Sherbert Park it presents breathtaking scenery as riders travel over and through Willow River in Hudson, Wisconsin. This mid-north roller coaster, constructed of metal, has four cars per train, holding six people per car. One train will be on the track at a time. The ride was designed to appear like a torpedo, featuring a point on the front car, and black cars with burnt orange outlines, and red flames…

Over the course of the roller coaster height lab My group and I had to answer the question “ does the height of the ramp affect the speed of the marble”. We answered that yes the height of the ramp will make the speed of the marble increase. Our hypothesis was wrong, but, My group and I have discovered that the height of the ramp will not affect the speed of the marble. We also Discovered something new which was that the speed increased and decreased abnormally as we went along in the lab. Over…

The egg drop project we did involved many physics principles. One of them was air resistance, which happened because the egg dropped and it accelerated, while the velocity increased. Then the resistance of the air to the egg box motion also increased, which means the upward force of air resistance balances the downward force of gravity, so the egg box dropped at a constant speed. We attached balloons to the box we made in order for the box to pass through the air while softly landing. We believe…

~~~Science Project~~~ Experiment 1: Materials~ 2 eggs Needle Scale Bowl Marker Question? What is the difference between weight and mass, and can two objects that have the same mass be different weights? Hypothesis The difference between weight and mass is that mass is the measurement of how much matter is in an object and it will remain constant regardless of gravity. Weight is how heavy an object is depending on the gravitational pull on the object. Step 1: Zero out the scale. Step 2:…

Grant Alexander Pd#6 11 November 2016 Trebuchet Engineering A trebuchet is a machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles. How this machine works is not to complex but is also fascinating. The object that is being shot is held in the sling, which is on a launch trough whose job is to make sure the shot is straight. Also the trough is there to prevent the sling getting caught in the framework of the trebuchet. When putting the arm of the trebuchet down,…

Problem: how does the angle of trajectory effect the horizontal distance of a bottle rocket Background research: When an object is in the air and has no forces acting on it other than gravity it becomes a projectile. (Henderson, 1996) Gravity causes the projectile to accelerate toward the ground in a uniform arc like a rainbow does. this shape is known by scientists and mathematicians as a parabola, and objects that fly in the shape of a parabola are said to be in parabolic motion. A projectiles…

The four fundamental forces have been around before mankind. These forces shape the way we live and interact with the objects around us on a daily basis. These forces are so important, they are in existence throughout the entire universe. Black holes, the formation of planets, galaxies and stars are all because of gravity and these same celestial bodies have their own electromagnetic forces and the strong and weak nuclear forces are. Since everything in the universe is made of atoms, there is…

The Spirit Phone After the carnage of World War I, spiritualism was undergoing a revival, and many people hoped science could provide a means to contact lost loved ones. Edison himself was not a believer and admitted he had no idea if a spirit world even existed. Edison corresponded with British inventor Sir William Crookes, who claimed to have captured images on "spirit photographs." Edison was intrigued. Edison took the idea of the telephone and the telegraph a bit further and announced in…

Temporal outliers are common trajectories that follow the populated route, but with an important difference of the speed compared to the other common trajectories. For extracting such type of outliers, we make use of the average speed used by the moving objects in the populated route, we make comparison between each sub-trajectory from the common trajectories and the average speed for all common trajectories that traverse the same route with some tolerance, and we extract two essential types;…

1. What is the GPS Standard tied to this project? The GPS Standard tied to this project is - S8P3. Students will investigate relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects. 2. How does your rubber band car show Newton’s 1st Law of Motion? The first law states an object will stay at rest until acted upon unbalanced force. The car is at rest until the rubber band is twirl all on the stick. This mean a force has to be added for the rubber-band car to move. 3. How does your rubber…