Horses in Forces and Motion

Faith Brings
Backround
Since Exploration Academy is about
combining real life passions and your school
learning criteria; I went forth and took my
love a horse-back riding and meshed it with
physics.

Furthermore, the star of my experiment is

Chevy, a Hanoverian/Arabian cross. He and
I are the stars of the low quality video you're
about to see.
Projectile Motion Projectile Motion is when an object
moves in an arched path under the
influence of gravity.
Data Collected
h (height of jump) = 0.60 m
(angle of jumping position) = 35
V0 (beginning velocity) = 17.8 km/h
m (mass) = 578 kg
x-x0 (Distance/Displacement) = 3.17 m (measured from the
first hoof print that took off to the first lat landed from toe to
toe)
Vx (The horizontal velocity) = 4.94 m/s
t (time) = ?
maximum high = ?
The blue circle represents our center
V (velocity outcome) = ? of gravity while the angle represents
our jumping position.
Finding Velocity at the X
and Y Axis
V0x = Vo cos0 V0y = Vo sin0

V0x = 4.94 m/s (cos35%) V0y= 6.89 m/s (sin35%)

V0x = 4.05 m/s V0y= 2.83 m/s

 Calculating Time,
Maximum High, and Final
Velocity
^x = Voxt Vy = V0y +gt Vy2 =V02y + 2g(^y)

^x/Vox = t Vy = 2.83 m/s + (-9.8 m/s^2) Vy2/2g = ^y

(0.76s)
t = 3.17 m/5.64 m/s ^y = (-4.62 m/s)^2/ 2(-9.8
Vy = 2.83 m/s -5.49 m/s m/s^2)
t = 0.76 s
Vy = -4.62 m/s ^y = -1.09 m
Statement

The time it took for us to jump the obstacle is 0.76 s.

The our final velocity is 4.62 m/s.

The maximum high the we reached is 1.09 m.

Newtons Laws Applied
Newton's First Law- law of
inertia
An object at rest will remain at rest. A Matter continues in its state of rest or
object in motion will remain in motion, uniform motion in a straight path, unless
with constant velocity and direction, changed by an external force.
unless acted upon by an unbalanced
outside force. -We are an excellent example of inertia;
following a straight path with our mass
-This law applies to Chevy and I (about 578 kg) making it much more
because there's no unbalanced force to feasible.
act upon us. Which means we are
traveling at constant velocity.
Newton's Second Law
An object will only accelerate if there is a
unbalanced force acting upon it. An unbalanced
force will accelerate an object - changing its speed,
its direction, or both its speed and direction.

-We are moving at 4.62 m/s. If more mass were to

be added(heavier rider or tack) Chevy would slow. If
he were to exert more effort, apply more force, he
would gain speed. In other words, the impulse
varies depending on weight/speed/distance to clear
the jump.
Newton's Third Law
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction." Basically, every time you exert a
downward force to walk forward, the floor is
expressing the same force back at you.

-When you watch the video you can blatantly see the
dominate force pair acting. Chevy's hoof contacting
the ground, then ground also applying an equal
force, but in an opposite direction. The force in the
opposite direction is propelling us forward and
upward so that we can clear the 0.60 meter jump.
There are Three phases of
a jump, takeoff, flight and
land.
First Phase (Approach)
The velocity needs to increase with the amount of energy
needed to successfully make the jump; higher the fence, the
more velocity needed. There is only kinetic energy(KE) which
can be presented by:

KE = 1/2 mv^2
Second Phase (Flight)
At maximum height, your velocity is reduced to zero; you will
only possess potential energy(PE). This potential energy is
presented by :

PE = mgy
Second Phase (Flight)
The greater the mass,the greater the potential energy. Plus
being higher off the ground will produce greater PE. Meaning
a higher fence, and a heavier rider will affect the potential
energy.

Higher the fence, and the heavier mass on Chevys back will
increase the gravitational potential energy during our flight,
and the amount of force upon landing.
Third Phase (Landing)
When landing you return to the original velocity. Chevys
energy goes from kinetic to potential to kinetic. This is known
as the Law of Conservation, which can be presented by the
formula:

mgh = 1/2 mv^2

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