Name, picture, description, and physics concepts

Name of Part Picture Description Physics Concept

Crumple Zone We used straws along The physics concept

the bottom of our safety that inspired this
device, in a feature in our safety
combination of the part device is elastic
of the straw that bends potential energy (EPE).
and the part of the
straw that does not
bend so that the device
does not touch the
ground fully when it
lands and for extra
support.

Seatbelt In this chapter, we The physics concept

learned that a wider that inspired this safety
seat belt would put less feature in the device is
pressure on the Newton’s first law.
passenger, we used a
piece of ribbon that was
wide and would go
(seat belt is piece of across the egg.
ribbon)

Airbag (piece of We used a piece of The concept of braking

memory foam) memory foam in the distance inspired this
bottom of the safety feature in our safety
device to increase the device because the egg
stopping distance of the had to have more
egg to decrease the distance to slow down
force that was exerted so the force exerted on
on the egg. the egg was decreased.

Head Rest To prevent too much Newton’s first law

movement of the egg, inspired this feature
which would be similar because in a collision
to whiplash in a person, where whiplash occurs,
we added pieces of the body continues
memory foam in the moving forward while
actual compartment the passenger’s head
where the egg would go remains at rest, so to
(head rest is pieces of so it would be almost decrease something
foam in the like a head rest. like this happening to
compartment) the egg, we added a
headrest.
 Interior We made a smaller Newton’s first law also
compartment where the made us add the
egg would go, almost features that the interior
like a seat, that is of the safety device has
smaller than the safety because once the egg
device (as pictured), was in motion, it would
and because the have stayed in motion,
compartment is not so the interior of the
actually attached to the device (because the
safety device, we had actual compartment
to find a way to was smaller than the
minimize any device, it would have
movement of the continued moving as
compartment, so we well), which was filled
filled the remaining with cotton balls, would
space with cotton balls stop the motion of the
and then hot glued the egg and the
safety device closed. compartment.

Typed explanation of how the concept of “impulse and change in momentum” are key factors in
designing crumple zones and other safety systems utilized in collision.
The concept of impulse and change in momentum are key factors in designing crumple zones and other
safety features because an impulse is a change in momentum, which could also be a small force applied
over a long distance, which would decrease the amount of force exerted on the passengers. For this
reason, to change the momentum over the course of a long distance, we design crumple zones and other
safety features, to decrease the amount of force exerted on the passengers to decrease the risk of injury.

Typed explanation of how Newton’s 3 laws are in use during the egg drop.
Newton’s three laws are in use during the egg drop because when the egg is being dropped, Newton’s
first law is in use, because the egg was moving in a straight line downwards once it was dropped.
Newton’s second law is use during the egg drop because if we were to measure the safety device’s
acceleration, we would be able to calculate the force that the safety device had upon collision with the
ground. Newton’s third law is in use during the egg drop because when the safety device collided with the
ground, the ground pushed up on the safety device with just as much force that the safety device exerted
on the ground upon collision.

LOCOM to explain the before and after collision conditions when a large vehicle collides into a
smaller vehicle during an inelastic collision.
I will be explaining this using a rear end collision when the smaller vehicle is at a complete stop. Before
the collision, the larger vehicle has all of the momentum while the smaller vehicle has no momentum
because it is at a complete stop. Upon collision, the larger vehicle loses some of its momentum, which the
smaller vehicle picks up, causing it to move in the direction that the larger vehicle was originally moving
in, albeit at a lower velocity. After the collision, the larger vehicle and the smaller vehicle move in the
same direction, with the smaller vehicle having gained some velocity and momentum because of the
larger vehicle, and the larger vehicle having lost some velocity and momentum because of the collision.

Calculate the GPE of the egg during drop position.

GPE = mgh
93 g (weight of the device) + 60 g (average weight of an egg) = 153 g total weight
Weight = mg
M = weight/g
153/9.8 = 15.61 g = m
GPE = (15.61)(9.8)(2.6)
GPE = 397.7428 J

Calculate the KE of the compartment during impact.

GPE = KE
GPE = 397.7428 J
KE = 397.7428 J

Using LOCOM calculate velocity of the egg at drop position

GPE = KE
mgh = 1/2mv​2
93 g (weight of device) + 60 g (average weight of an egg) = 153 g total weight
Weight = mg
m = weight/g
153/9.8 = 15.61 g total mass of egg and device
(15.61)(9.8)(2.6) = (½)(15.61) * v​2
397.7428 = 7.805 * v​2
-7.805 -7.805

389.9378 = v​2
√389.9378 = v​2
19.75 m/s​2​ = v

Write an explanation of all the energy conversions which occur within the system from drop to
drop.
In drop position, the egg only has GPE because it is at rest. Once released, the egg gains some KE and
loses some GPE. Just before colliding with the ground, the egg has only KE, which becomes GPE once it
stops moving. Depending on the force with which the safety device landed with and the effectiveness of
the safety device, the egg could have either survived or suffered injuries (cracked/broke).