Catapults were one of the most terrorizing and powerful weapons of Ancient Greece and Rome. They were able to destroy enemy defense and turned sieges in favor of the offensor. They also operated with deadly precision and could fire massive boulders huge distances. (Foley and Soedel 5). Catapults were some of the biggest engineering marvel of Ancient times‚ and marked the first time many engineering and management techniques that we see today were used. And these new engineering practices let the
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Catapults: A History A catapult has been used all throughout history as a siege engine. A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. A catapult was one of the approximately 10 weapons used in siege warfare during an assault on a castle or fortification. Some other weapons used in both ancient and medieval siege warfare included the well known trebuchet‚ the classic battering ram‚ and the siege tower. All of these devices
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Catapult By: Hasan Abdullah (OSIS#200100360) Group: 1 Class: Introduction to Engineering (Mr.Cornish) Period: 9 Date: May 20‚ 2013 PROJECT OBJECTIVE The project objective was to learn about basic projectile motion theory‚ the mathematical models applicable to various projectile motion situations (e.g. catapult launch)‚ and construction techniques for specific raw building materials. In addition‚ a catapult was to be implemented and built based on an
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ABMAMACAW Catapult Catapults were first made to hurdle cats (on a more serious note). There are many different types of catapults‚ such as the mangonel catapult. The mangonel catapult which our catapult is based on was created in 400 B.C. by the Romans. The mangonel was created like the Greek ballista but was smaller and mobile. Our catapult was based on some aspects of the mangonel. In the following I will talk about the process and materials used to make it and the science of the catapult. Some
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device to launch a marshmallow into a container. Catapults were first invented to hurl projectiles farther than any human could. They were effective as blockade weapons and vital on the battle fields (Alchin‚ 2012). The type of catapult used in this experiment is called a Mangonel catapult. Typical mangonels are powered by a torsion-type string‚ which is twisted when the catapult arm is pulled back. When the catapult is fired‚ the spring pulls the catapult arm back to its original position‚ launching
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Catapult Essay In the catapult project Joey’s group decided to try and make a ballista for there catapult project even though it wasn’t a catapult. Joeys group worked on the ballista for the first class but didn’t really know how to build it and didn’t have enough time to try and figure the problems out so we decided to build a catapult.then the next class Joey’s group took apart the ballista and started on the catapult.The purpose of this project was to be able to problem solve the problems your
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Catapults have been invented by the Greeks‚ Chinese‚ and Romans. The first catapults were early attempts to increase the power and range of a crossbow. Catapults were used to launch objects; these objects were either launched at the walls to cause great damage to the fortifications or were launched over the wall to effect on the population within the walls. Catapults were also used to throw objects at enemies. The Ballista is basically a giant crossbow. To have been created by the
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time‚ there was never an effective way to get aircraft’s properly off an aircraft carrier. That’s until the catapult came about‚ which paved the way to a safer lift off. The catapult improved the way the U.S. Navy prepared aircraft’s with bombs and machinery so they could fly to attack enemy forces. An aircraft catapult is a mechanism used to launch aircraft’s from ships‚ most commonly used on aircraft carriers‚ as a form of assisted lift off. It consists of a track built into the flight deck‚ underneath
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A catapult is an ancient device used to launch heavy objects at targets during war. The catapult dates all the way back to 400 be when it was invented in the Greek town of Syracus. The main types of catapults are trebuchet‚ mangonel‚ onager and ballista. There are many more types of catapults also. Catapults were an absolute revelation in weaponry. The mangonel was best suited for launching projectiles at lower angles to the horizontal‚ which was useful for destroying walls‚ as opposed to the
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accurately as possible and to calculate the initial velocity and angle of the catapult. In the beginning when we began testing‚ we had to find a way to keep our data stable and accurate‚ but that was a bit hard because the amount of force put onto the catapult differs at each trial and also did the angle of flight. Overall‚ I would say that‚ our data were accurate in trials 1‚2 and 4‚ but not 3 because I that trial‚ we used a bit more force to launch the marble which created a drastic difference between
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