Our egg drop Capsule Impulse and change in

Momentum

In our capsule we have two When our capsule hits the

crumple zones, one on the
rear and one on the front.
Each one is a very thick
sponge that will absorb the
impact of the crash into the
ground, and the hit from
behind. We also have a seat
inside our cause that will hold
the egg in place during the
two test. This will prevent the
egg from flying out during the
crashs and will keep it from
breaking. The exterior of the
capsule is a hard plastic
container that will not break
when hitting the ground or
being hit by the weight.
ground and when the weight
hits the top of our capsule
there will be no more room
for our capsule to move and
so the energy from those
collisions have to go
somewhere and so the
crumple zone on the top and
bottom of our capsule absorb
some of that impact so that
Egg
way there is less force
applied to the egg after
impact.
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Newton's Three laws in
Collisions
Newtons First Law of motion
explains that a car stopped
at a stop light will not start
moving unless the wheels
start moving or another object
hits the car. This is how many
collisions happen where one
moving car hits another
stationary car. Newton's
Second Law states that when
a stationary car gets hit its
velocity changes. Newton's
Third law is explains that in a
collision there are two
constant forces that act upon
any car. The forces are the
same and opposite. The
momentum of the two object
can be different though
because they have different
masses.They can also be
travelling in different
directions and so the
outcome will be different.
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Conservation of Momentum
The Law of conservation of
momentum makes it clear
that there is no change
change of total momentum
between two objects. So
when the capsule hits the
ground the momentum of our
capsule is transferred to the
ground.
In a real life collision between
a large vehicle and a small
vehicle the two cars collide
and their momentum
transfers to the other car and
the total momentum between
the two cars does not
change. So this is why the
larger car in a collision will
have less damage done
because the smaller car cant
get as much momentum as
the larger car just by going at
the same speed. If the
separate cars are going at
different speeds, the car that
gets the most total
momentum will transfer that
over to the other car and
cause the most damage.
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Calculations
Calculation of Gravitational Pull
.19kg(weight of egg drop
device)*2.62(height above ground when
dropped)*9.8(gravity on earth)=4.87844
J is the GPE
Calculation of time it takes to hit ground.
Gravity 9.8ms^2
Height of tube 2.62128 meters
Travels 9.8 meters in one second
9.8/2.62128=3.73863150827
1/3.73863150827=0.26747755102
So our capsule travels the 2.62 meters of
the tube in .26 seconds
KE = GPE
So our capsule has 4.87844 J of kinetic
energy
9.8m/s^22.6m=1/2v^2
v=7.138m/s
The Velocity of the object when it hits the
ground is 0 but the energy is transferred
into Kinetic energy when it hits the
ground. So there is no velocity left but
that energy cant be destroyed and so it
is transferred into some other form of
energy
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