For this project we had to design a car that runs on a reuseable source of energy we gecided to use spring energy for our car. The car had to carry a load of $1 in pennies and trravel 5 meters. the rubber bands wrap around the axle and make the wheel spin moving the car forward.
calculations:
- Spring Potential Energy - PE=1/2kx^2 - The energy stored in a spring when it is compressed or expanded
- Spring constant - k=F/d - A measure of how difficult is is to expand or compress a spring
- Kinetic Energy - KE=1/2mv^2 - Energy due to motion
- Thermal Energy - Heat
- Velocity - v=m/s - The rate of distance traveled in a direction
- Acceleration - a=v/t - The change in velocity when speeding up or slowing down
reflection:
I had a lot of difficulties on this project. The car kept breaking and our group would argue a lot but in the end we got our car to work. If i could do one thing differently i would like to contribute to the modifications to the design more and stay off of my phone more.
I had a lot of difficulties on this project. The car kept breaking and our group would argue a lot but in the end we got our car to work. If i could do one thing differently i would like to contribute to the modifications to the design more and stay off of my phone more.