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As you can see in the picture to the left, there are two diagrams. The first shows the capsule when it's falling. The forces that are acting upon the capsule are air resistance and weight, air resistance pushing up, and weight pushing down. The reason air resistance is so much smaller than weight, is because, since the capsule is falling, weight has a stronger force than air resistance does. The second diagram is for when the capsule hit the ground. While the capsule was still accelerating downward, its normal force was so much bigger, since it had just hit the ground, which is shown in the diagram.
Our capsule was 100% successful! The reasons for its beautifully untarnished shell, was mostly because of all the padding we had in the box. All the paper and bubble wrap lengthened the contact time, which, as I explained earlier, meant that there was less average force per second, so the force acted upon the egg at a much slower pace than if there was no padding at all. Also, as you can see of our capsule in the top left picture, it looks like our capsule hit the ground on its corner, which was the optimal area, since that corner was the farthest away from the egg, which was in the middle of the box. I think if I were to do this lab again, I would try to make the capsule smaller than it was before, since the less mass it would have, the less force there would be when the capsule hit the ground.
Heyyyyr. Your egg was safe :3 I love your writing style(s) and how they make physics all the more less mundaneee.
ReplyDeleteThat was a really, really good post. Your writing was really clear, and I think you summed up the whole project really well. It was also nice and concise. I'm sure your partner is incredibly attractive and intelligent.
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