Terry Jones James Lacy Daniel Caldwell EF-151-C2 The lolercoaster Terry Jones James Lacy Daniel Caldwell 04/22/09
Design/Energy Balanced Basket Center of Mass Conservation of Angular Momentum Torque Ramps Conservation of Energy Pulley System Rotational Energy (kinetic and potential) Conservation of Energy Conservation of Linear Momentum Series Of Cart Tracks
Design/Energy (cont.) Balanced Wall (before collision) Center of Mass (after collision) Conservation of Angular Momentum Torque End of Track/Collision with “Easy Button” Conservation of Energy Conservation of Linear Momentum
Design/Construction Issues Had to be built backwards Balance of objects Stability of Device of as whole Errors in measurements/estimates Friction
Conclusions