Mousetrap Car Final Paper Design Description Our car had four CD wheels that were attached to the axle of the car with CD spacers. We put balloons over the wheels for traction. The body of the car was two pieces of wood that was attached by the mousetrap car sitting on top of both of the pieces of wood. The lever arm is attached to the mousetrap with a piece of string to turn the axle; therefore‚ turning the wheels. Then the body of the car is held in place by four CD spacers on the outside of
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POTENTIAL ENERGY DIAGRAM In physics the terms of mechanical energy usually refers to Potential energy (U) and Kinetic Energy (K). In the absence of non-conservative‚ or dissipative forces‚ these energies obey the law of conservation of energy‚ or ΔU + ΔK = 0. That is‚ when a system is only acting under the influence of conservative forces its total energy content never changes‚ the energy just converts between forms. At any point in the cycle‚ the total energy is constant‚ U + K = Umax = Kmax
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1. Alice throws the ball to the +X direction with an initial velocity 10m/s. Time elapsed during the motion is 5s‚ calculate the height that object is thrown and Vy component of the velocity after it hits the ground. 2. John kicks the ball and ball does projectile motion with an angle of 53º to horizontal. Its initial velocity is 10 m/s‚ find the maximum height it can reach‚ horizontal displacement and total time required for this motion. (sin53º=0‚ 8 and cos53º=0‚ 6) 3. The boy drops
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[pic] The product of average force and the time it is exerted is called the impulse of force. From Newton’s second law [pic] the impulse of force can be extracted and found to be equal to the change in momentum of an object provided the mass is constant: |[pic] |Calculation | The main utility of the concept is in the study of the average impact force during collisions. For collisions‚ the mass and change in velocity are often
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February 25‚ 2013 Lab: Equilibrium of Forces Purpose/Objective: The objective of this lab was to test the first condition of equilibrium for a set of concurrent coplanar forces‚ prove Lami’s Theorem‚ and to determine an unknown mass using rules of equilibrium. Procedure: In the lab‚ we wanted to find at what angles three separate weights would create a net zero force on a force table so that the ring holding the weights was exactly centered in the middle
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August 25‚ 2014 Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician. He was born December 25‚ 1642. Newton is credited with creating calculus with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Newton is recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all and an important person in the scientific revolution. Isaac Newton first described a method for approximating the real zeros of a function in text in 1671 but his work was not published until 1736. Meanwhile‚ a man by the name of
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This year in science‚ we were paired up in groups to build a car powered only by a rubber band. There was a lot of physics and thought put behind the planning of our car. The rubber band moved the car by storing up elastic potential energy which then turned into kinetic energy when released. Newton’s Laws of Motion also come in handy when thinking about how to keep the car moving. “An object in motion stays in motion.” There was also a lot of thought put into the wheels. We had to be aware of the
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Modern society faces the problem of the repression of individuality in favor of a collective identity. However‚ at the University of Chicago‚ students are dedicated to creating and maintaining a prosperous environment built upon diversity and individual passion. At UChicago‚ I would be able to explore my passion for physics alongside various other aspects of my individual identity. It is this ability and the freedom to explore my own identity and intellectual pursuits that draw me closer and closer
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Isaac newton is undoubtedly considered one of the greatest mathematicians to ever grace the earth. He evolved mathematics in ways nobody else’s thought was possible. In my opinion‚ he is one of the most defining mathematicians of all time. Sir Isaac newton was born on 1/4/1943 in the United kingdom. He was the son of a local prosperous farmer‚ also named Isaac Newton‚ who died three months before he was born. At age three‚ Isaac’s mother then remarried a minister‚ leaving him in the care of his
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Ballistic Pendulum (Revised May 22‚ 2012) GOALS (1) To determine the launch speed of the steel ball for the short‚ medium‚ and long range settings on the projectile launcher apparatus using the equations for projectile motion. (2) To use the concept of gravitational potential energy and energy conservation to determine the speed of the ball plus pendulum as it first begins to swing away from the vertical position after the “collision.” (3) To explore the relationships between the momentum
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