The rocket launch project served to demonstrate how momentum, stability, drag, and a recovery system can aid a soda bottle rocket in flying. Though our rocket was not the prettiest, it did the job of utilizing water and compressed air to shoot into the air. Our challenge was to create a rocket that could withstand the force exerted on it during the launch, while making sure it could protect the egg inside of it. We tried changing many things until we created a rocket, cone, fin, and recovery system combination that worked. The overall look of our rocket included a plastic cone on top of a two liter bottle, and 4 fins around the base. Though our rocket The rocket flew because when the water, pushed into the 2-liter bottle, was released …show more content…
The center of pressure is the point where the total sum of a pressure field acts on a body, causing a force to act through that point. The center of gravity must be above the center of pressure in order for the rocket to work. After consulting the rocket readings, we discovered that as air rushes past the rocket, the larger air resistance forces below the center of gravity than above the center of gravity will help to straighten it out, pushing the tail of the rocket below the nose and producing stable flight. The swing test was a test used to confirm the rocket’s stability. It consisted of someone swinging our rocket around on a string, seeing if it would fall apart. It can also be used to determine how aerodynamic the rocket is. To increase the stability, we made sure the center of gravity was above the center of pressure and we used fins to stabilize our rocket. We decreased our rocket’s drag by making our cone out of plastic, instead of paper. We refrained from adding too much tape, which would increase the drag. We originally placed the parachute outside of the cone, but realized it would prevent the rocket from reaching the desirable height. Adding fins covered in tape and sculpted in the correct shape kept the rocket arrow dynamic. Because of the changes, drag was
During the late 1950’s the space race began. This was a race to see who could achieve the most space firsts, between the USA and Russia. Sonny, O’Dell, Sherman, Roy Lee and Quentin live in Coalwood, West Virginia.The space race inspired these boys, who decide to call themselves the Rocket Boys, to make their own rockets. The BCMA (Big Creek Missile Agency) was born when Sonny called a meeting with his friends in his room and discussed how he wanted to build rockets. With the help from the a man at the town’s machine shop, Mr.Bykovski, the BCMA built its first rocket, called Auk I. The rocket was named after an extinct bird that was unable to fly. Auk I was equipped with a wooden bullet shaped nose cone, an aluminum tubing body, fins, and a soldered washer at the bottom. The boys mixed together black powder and postage stamp glue to act as fuel for their rocket. The rocket flew up 6ft, and then fell back down. The rocket boys later found out that the reason their rocket stopped flying was because the solder melted. The BCMA was happy with the result from the rocket, because it was their first ever rocket to fly.
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Ever since I was little I was amazed at the ability for a machine to fly. I have always wanted to explore ideas of flight and be able to actually fly. I think I may have found my childhood fantasy in the world of aeronautical engineering. The object of my paper is to give me more insight on my future career as an aeronautical engineer. This paper was also to give me ideas of the physics of flight and be to apply those physics of flight to compete in a high school competition.
Hundreds of thoughts swarm through my head, as I think of potential car and launcher designs. It was the beginning of 8th grade. A new year of middle school, a new year of Science Olympiad, a new year of studying for my events, and a new year of challenges: my first building event, Scrambler. I’ve always been interested in science, specifically medicine, ever since I was 7 or 8. I read a book called When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Doctor, which inspired me to aspire to become a doctor. Ever since then, I’ve been exploring the field of science and medicine through a variety of learning experiences such as Science Olympiad, a science competition consisting of several events that cater to a variety of fields in science. This year, my partner and I were faced with the task of building a mechanical vehicle, powered by a falling mass, that is capable of traveling down a straight, level track with a barrier at the end while carrying an
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...mpanies. The Structural Test Article simulated pressure on the vertical components during launch. After testing, Marshall concluded that the gap size was sufficient for both of the O-rings to be out of position. Again Thiokol rebutted Marshall’s claim by challenging the validity of the electrical components used to measure joint rotation. Thiokol believed that their test was superior to Marshall’s test, because it validated their conclusion. This is a fundamental problem know as experimenter’s regress. Since the true solution is unknown, the best test is the one that supports the experimenter’s view. Since this disagreement could not be solved between the two, the O-ring manufacturer was consulted. The manufacturer told the two that the O-ring was not designed for such high project specifications needed for the craft, but NASA decided to work with what they had.
Many people are amazed with the flight of an object, especially one the size of an airplane, but they do not realize how much physics plays a role in this amazing incident. There are many different ways in which physics aids the flight of an aircraft. In the following few paragraphs some of the many ways will be described so that you, the reader, will realize physics at work in the world of flight.
For my egg drop project, I made mine out of balloons. I got the idea from a YouTube video called, Top 10 FIRST PLACE Egg drop designs! Science Experiment Challenge! The channel name is IncredableScience. The first idea, ( on the video) was the one I created. I first wrapped my egg in duck tape and then attached balloons. Finally I connected all of the balloons together using duck tape. At first I wasn’t going to wrap my egg with duct tape, but I found this duck tape barrier helped to attach the balloons later on. I dropped it from my balcony which is about 10 feet and it survived. The weather conditions were not bad, it had just finished raining. I thought this would work because in the video I watched, the same balloon idea
According to Brian Dunbar, NASA Administrator, "Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things." Furthermore, it is a branch of fluid dynamics that is concerned with the study of forces and gas flow and based on the concept of Newtonian Mechanics. Whatsoever moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket launching and a kite in the sky both react to aerodynamics. According to Avaiationbox, "The solution of an aerodynamic problem normally involves calculating for various properties of the flow such as velocity, pressure, density and temperature, as a function of space and time." In addition, it states that the aerodynamics have two classification criteria where study of flow around solid objects is one and the study of flow through passages in solid objects is another. The major goal of aerodynamics is also to anticipate the aerodynamic forces on an aircraft.
There are three safety features in the egg project. The three safety features are seat belts, brakes, and airbags. The seat belts are made out of tape. The seat belts put pressure on the passenger. This means that it will keep the passenger inside the car instead of flying out and getting injured. The airbags are made out of bubble wrap. The bubble wrap will have a huge impact on the area of the passenger. It is like a soft cushion. This protects the passenger from hitting the passenger. The passenger will get hurt by the airbag, but not as much without one. If there wasn’t an airbag in a car, people would be getting into a second collision. A second collision is where the body hits the car. That is the whole point of an airbag. The brakes are made out of cotton balls. The brakes prevent the passenger from getting hit and it puts force on it. Also, they prevent it from getting into a first collision. A first collision is where a
As the air flows over the wing producing lift, it grabs onto the wings surface and causes drag. Drag can be measured by the equation D=Cd 1/2 (pV2)S, much like the lift equation. The drag coeficent Cd is found, again, by determining ...
Slender-soda advertised its soft drink on the notion that their beverage would help reduce weight, however, the participants used in the study were relatively lean with a body mass index (BMI) of 22, while a majority of Americans have a BMI of 25 (“Steps in Experimental Design,” 2014). A lawsuit followed in which it declared that Slender-soda’s campaign is evasive because it is formed on one short-term study financially supported by the Slender-soda Company. The Slender-soda Company needs substantial empirical evidence to reveal that their product will help their buyers decrease weight.
In order for any rocket to fly, it must obey some basic rules of physics. No rocket can escape the cardinal rule that the center of gravity must be in front of the center of pressure.
This paper will explain a few of the key concepts behind the physics of skydiving. First we will explore why a skydiver accelerates after he leaps out of the plane before his jump, second we will try and explain the drag forces effecting the skydiver, and lastly we will attempt to explain how terminal velocity works.
Adding a little amount of down trim, the aircraft will move into an ever-steepening dive.