EG-UY 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moment Of Inertia
31 May 2016
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The objective of lab 1a, mousetrap car competition, was to design and build a car that used the energy from a mousetrap snapping as its sole source of propulsion. The car was entered into a competition against other designs. The winner was determined by the greatest displacement. On its first trial, the design traveled 13 feet. It traveled 15 feet on its second trial and 21 feet on its third trial. The winning design"s best displacement was 31 feet and the third place design"s best displacement was nine feet. Propulsion - definition and its application in the lab. Friction - if applicable, definition and application in lab. Rotational inertia - if applicable, definition and application in lab. Describe a mousetrap car, discuss the rules of the competition, and discuss their impact on your design strategy. If you did not consider friction and rotational inertia in your design, then discuss the other principles or thinking that informed your design.
