Crumple Zone Research Papers

As the car go down it looses its potential energy because it is not at the same height anymore. As it loses the potential energy it gains kinetic energy. Kinetic energy came along because of its high speed. The mathematical equation for this is initial kinetic energy plus initial potential energy plus external work equals final kinetic energy plus final potential energy. To find work the equation is force times distance. To find power the equation is work divided by time.

In the lab of “The Falling Eggs and Automotive Lab”, we had to design a protective device able to hold the egg and allowing it survive from the impact of hitting the ground from the top of the staircase. We did this lab to investigate newton’s Laws and prove how they work. In the lab, we have to observe the forces that act on the egg and evaluate the way they work. We do this lab with an egg to relate to a real life collision with a car. The egg is essentially the person and the device that the egg is in is the Airbag. We use our knowledge about airbags and apply that to this lab in order to make the egg survive and not crack.

Crumple zones are designed to absorb the energy from the impact during a traffic collision by controlled deformation. This energy is much greater than is commonly realized. A 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) car travelling at 60 km/h (37 mph) (16.7 m/s), before crashing into a thick concrete wall, is subject to the same impact force as a front-down drop from a height of 14.2 m (47 ft) crashing on to a solid concrete surface. Increasing that speed by 50% to 90 km/h (56 mph) (25 m/s) compares to a fall from 32 m (105 ft) - an increase of 125%. This is because the stored kinetic energy (E) is given by E = (1/2) mass × speed squared. It increases by the square of the impact velocity.

A shatter zone used to be defined as “a belt of randomly fissured or cracked rock that may be filled with mineral deposits”(Moon,pg 1). After World War two the meaning changed dramatically. According to Moon and Talley, a shatter zone is now is borderlands where “refugee populations migrated in large numbers to escape the pressures of the state and/or the capitalist economies through which the state exerted itself”(Moon, Pg 1). For the Most part, James Scott agrees with Moon and Talley when he defines a shatter zone as “ places of resistance to and refuge from some of the most destructive effects of state-making and state-rule”(Scott,pg 22). This zones are found wherever a large number of people have gone to seek refuge in out-of-the-way places ( Scott,pg 23). A shatter Zone is depicted throughout the Film “Winter's Bone”.

Newton?s second law can be explained with the equation, A=F/M or F=MA, where A=Acceleration, F=Force, and M=Mass. In normal words, Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object). You can use this formula to see how much force is needed to move certain objects. Lets say Mike?s car is about 1,000 kg. He pushes it at .06 m/s/s. The equation would be F=1,000(.05). The answer is F=50 Newtons (the SI unit for Force). If Bob is trying to move a van, which was about 2,000 kg at the same acceleration, then he would need to use twice the force that Mike had to because Bob?s car is 2,000 kg and Mike?s is 1,000 kg.

Cliff Clinkscales (born 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada). A 6-foot-1-inch (1.85 m) point guard, he was named an NBL Canada All-Star in 2014 and was the captain of his league champion team in 2016. In fifth grade in Jamaica, Queens, in New York, Clinkscales' performance at a local basketball camp led to a feature in Slam Magazine and appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. He received recruitment letters from the Kansas Jayhawks and University of Southern California Trojans. He first played high school basketball at Shores Christian Academy in Ocala, Florida. He played with the DePaul Blue Demons at the collegiate

“Acceleration is a vital law of motion that is described as “the rate of change of velocity per unit of time; Rate of change means the ratio of the amount of change divided by how much time it took to change.” (The Physics Classroom, 2016). This law of motion will be tested and displayed by rolling a car down a ramp and recording the acceleration of the car is it descends the ramp. The speed/velocity of the car will gradually increase by the same amount every second. The steeper the slope (the bigger the angle of inclination of the ramp) that the car is rolling down, the faster the car will accelerate. This is because the amount of gravity experienced is dependent on the angle of the slope.

Kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion. By doubling the speed of the car you are increasing its kinetic energy 4 times higher. If the kinetic energy is being

In this Car Crash Project, we had to make sure we used Newton’s 3 laws. Let me explain you how I used the 3 laws in my project. For my project, I had three main important parts in my car. One of them was the crumple zone because the car is in motion until it hits the yellow which is the outside force. In Newton’s First Law he states that every object stays in motion unless acted upon an outside force. Here the object in motion is the car, and the outside force is the yellow stump. Another main component was the seat belt. The seat belt fell in Newton’s Second Law. In that law, it explains how force equals mass x acceleration. So, When the egg is wearing the seatbelt it will stop the egg from accelerating or being in motion. If it was accelerating

The Highlight of the trip was probably my trip right outside Zion National Park, In the morning we planned to just hike and be by ourselves. The thought of a plethora of people, mostly tourists scares me, all I wanted that day was to be surrounded by my friends and my dog. Initially, we planned on hiking Angels Landing in Zion National Park, but since pets are not allowed we had to change our itinerary for the day. Therefore, we asked a local for close hiking places nearby that was secluded and allowed dogs, we were told to visit and hike Eagle Crags. Eagle Crags turned out to be a perfect match for my trip, it was about twenty-five minutes away on almost inaccessible dirt roads from Zion, but it was well worth it, there were no one else on

Any time a smaller vehicle, especially a compact vehicle, runs into the back of a large trailer, it has the potential to go so far under the trailer that the bottom of the trailer could decapitate or otherwise harm those in the passenger vehicle. ICC bumpers prevent this from happening at speeds under 35 or 30 mph.

Potential energy is the energy that is stored in the toy car. When an object is not moving the object has a mass potential of energy. There are also different types of potential energy i.e.: elastic, gravitational, hydroelectric, and chemical (Demlin, 2000-2007). The type of potential energy that affected the toy car was gravitational potential

car will accelerate and how fast it will go. Newton’s second law is the easiest to understand in relation to a car’s acceleration. Newton’s second law mathematically states Force=(mass)(acceleration) (Murphy 78). This law explains why cars that need to accelerate fast should be relatively light in weight compared to other cars. Removing mass, such as a bumper, radio or fancy upholstery reduces the weight of

frequency or cost of accidents. This is the case despite the obvious benefits of antilock brakes in

Along with accidents not only comes a little headache or a broken bone, but injuries that stay with you forever such as whiplash and brain damage. Most brain damage incidents occur when you are involved in a side impact collision and the side of your head hits the glass (brain injury). Side impact airbags are just one of the many ways in which this type of life threatening injury can be avoided (whiplash). There is also whiplash, which hurls your head violently, and usually results in long term disability. Since whiplash is so hard to avoid, it can only be avoided by reducing the number of accidents on the streets. Also one of the most painful and most traumatizing injuries that we encounter in accidents are bone fractures, which occur in 65% of all accidents (Bush 11). So in turn by making these cars safer we can all avoid these painful, traumatizing, life-threatening injuries.