Kendall Widdel - Lab 5

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Name: Kendall Widdel E-mail address: kwiddel@vols.utk.edu Laboratory 5 Report The goal of this experiment is to understand momentum while looking at collisions and looking at how momentum and impulse change during collisions. Experiment 1 Bumper block Aluminum Wood High- density foam Low-density foam Maximum force 12.21 11.655 9.435 7.77 Collision time 0.09 0.1 0.12 0.15 Impulse F avg *∆t 0.549 0.583 0.5661 0.583 Compare the impulse using the four different bumper blocks. Is this what you expected? What significance might this have in a real car collision? Explain. Compare maximum forces and the interaction times for the four different collisions. Is this what you expected? What significance might this have in a real car collision? Explain! Experiment 2 before the collision after the collision p cart 1 p cart 2 p total p cart 1 p cart 2 p total Video 1 9.74 -11.24 -1.5 -10.5 7.49 -3.01 Video 2 -4.09 -9.54 -13.63 -2.92 -5.12 -8.04 Video3 12.61 -16.32 -3.71 -2.5 -3.33 -5.83
Does the total momentum of the carts change in the elastic collision experiments? Refer to your data. The total momentum of the charts does not change in the elastic collision experiments, as there is a very slight difference in the results, therefore it is not enough to claim that the total momentum changes. Does the total momentum of the carts change in the inelastic collision experiment? Refer to your data. The total momentum of the carts does not change in the inelastic collision experiment as the difference in not big enough to be significant Did your experiments reproduce the expected results? If not, speculate on the reasons for any discrepancies. My experiment did reproduce the expected results, as the momentum was about the same. Experiment 3 Place a wide textbook on the floor and stand on it. Then jump off the book onto the floor two different times. The first time land normally, allowing your knees to bend. The second time land stiff- legged, not allowing your knees to bend. Do these jumps feel different to you? Explain! When jumping with my legs stiff, there was not as much height and a harder land compared to when my knees were bent as I was able to use my momentum to get up and bend my knees when landing to transfer the impact better. What can you say about the maximum forces, the interaction times, and the total impulses given to the jumper in the two different kinds of landings? The maximum force was greater while my knees were bent compared to when my legs were straight. The interaction time was shorter with straight legs compared to bent legs. The total impulses were similar as this was a short amount of time to measure.
Reflection Overall this lab was harder for me as there was not as many instructions, and because of this there are many spots that could have been messed up. Also the lab's picture quality was very poor, and this made it very difficult to read the measurements.
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