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BACSRollerCoasterEngineers
BlackstoneAcademyCharterSchool
334PleasantSt.
Pawtucket,RI02860
SixFlagsTinyTown
123CoasterCt.
TinyTown,USA
ToWhomItMayConcern:
SixFlagsTinyTownhascalledforourhelpandmypartnerandIarewillingtoofferour
engineeringhands.Foranewrollercoaster,mypartnerandIchosetochallengeourselvesby
tryingtomakethehighestinstantaneousspeed.Thismeansthatwehavetostartoffwithareally
hightotalmechanicalenergybecauseatthatpointthepotentialenergywouldbeatitshighest.
Thatmeansthataspotentialenergyslowlychangesintokineticenergy,weknowforsurethat
ourcartcanhavehighinstantaneousspeedasitdropsanditwillhaveenoughenergytogoup
hillsandlooparound.Wearedesigningtherollercoastertostartwithareallyhighdropand
maybeevenloopthetrackafterthatwithaconcludingsmallerdrop.Webelievethatthehigh
dropwillcreateareallyhighinstantaneousspeed.Webelievethatwecouldmeetthischallenge.
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Introduction
Letter
Yourintroduction
introducesandfully
justifiesyourapproach
totheengineering
designchallengeyou
chose.Youintroduce
generalspecificationsfor
yourrollercoaster.
Yourintroduction
justifiesyourapproach
totheengineering
challengeyouchose
butitmaynotbefully
explained.You
introducerollercoaster
specifications
Yourintroduction
attemptstojustifyyour
approachbutcontains
misconceptions.You
introducerollercoaster
specificationsbutmaybe
missingoneortwo.
Yourintroductionlacks
significantdetail,and/or
containssubstantial
errorsor
misunderstandings.
RollerCoasterSpecifications
RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Calculated):4.52m/s
RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Experimental):3.25m/s
RollerCoastersGreatestDrop:105cm
NumberofLoops:1
AverageVelocity:1.95m/s
GraphofExperimentalTopSpeed
MypartnerandImadethisgraphbyusingaphysicsapponaniPadandtakingavideoof
therollercoasterinaction.Wewereabletousethevideowetookandcutitintoframessothat
wecouldcalculatehowlongittookthecarttotravelfromonepointtoanotheroverunitoftime.
Thishelpedusdetermineourtopspeedbylookingatthegraphbecausethepointatwhichthe
cartwentatitsgreatestinstantaneousspeedhappenedatxseconds.Wealsonotedthatinthis
specificgraph,wetookvelocityinrespecttotheyaxisbecauseourrollercoasterworked
verticallyratherthanhorizontally.Also,itisnegativevelocitybecausethecartismoving
towardsthegroundatitsfastestpoint.
Thereisacomparativedifferencebetweentheexperimentaltopspeedandthetopspeed
mypartnerandIcalculatedbecauseexperimentallythereissomuchmoreroomforerror.We
couldhavefilmedtherollercoasterataninaccurateangle,orsetupaninaccuratescale,oreven
filmeditatthewrongsecond.Whereascalculatingthetopspeedusingtheenergyformulasfelt
somuchmoreaccuratebecauseitwasallbasedoffofthemechanicalenergytherollercoaster
startedoffwith.Theonlyroomforerrorinthisprocessismiscalculations,otherwiseitwouldbe
somuchmoreaccuratethanavideo.
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RollerCoaster
Specifications
Allspecificationsare
present,andworkis
errorfree.You
determinedthe
experimentalvalueof
thetopspeed(usingthe
ipad)andexplainedhow
youdidsoandwhatthe
graphmeans.
Allspecificationsare
present,thoughthere
maybeminorerrors.
Topspeediscopied
fromcalculationslater
inreportorisnot
explained.
Youmaybemissingone
specificationorhave
multipleerrors.
Multiplespecifications
aremissing.
RollerCoasterDesign
Thisisanimageoftheactualrollercoaster.
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RollerCoaster
Plan/Drawing
Drawingisclear,with4
pointslabeledcorrectly.
Drawingisclear,with3
pointslabeledcorrectly.
Drawingisclear,with2
pointslabeledcorrectly.
Drawingismissing,
unclear,orunlabeled.
DetailedRollerCoasterAnalysis:(calculations)
MarbleMass:0.0051kg
Point1,GreatestHeight
H=
1.05m
PE=mgh
PE=(.0051kg)(9.8
)(1.05m)
PE=
0.052J
(alsototalME)
KE=
0J
V=
0m/s
Point2,FastestPoint
PE=
0J
KE=
0.052J
KE=()mv
0.052J=()(.0051kg)(v)
v=
4.52m/s
ExperimentalVelocity:
3.52m/s
Point3,TopofLoop
PE=(.0051kg)(9.8
)(
.14m)
PE=
0.007J
KE=0.052J0.007J
KE=
0.045J
KE=()mv
0.045J=()(.0051kg)(v)
v=
4.2m/s
Point4,CollisionPoint
PE=
0J
KE=
0.052J
KE=()mv
0.052J=()(.0051kg)(v)
v=
4.52m/s
Collision:
P=mv
P=(.0051kg)(4.52m/s)
P=
0.02kgm/s
v=
2.26m/s
Point1:
GreatestHeight
Point2:
GreatestSpeed
Point3:
TopofaLoop
Point4:Flat
Pointfor
Collision
Height
1.05m
0m
0.14m
0m
PotentialEnergy 0.052J
0J
0.007J
0J
KineticEnergy
0J
0.052J
0.045J
0.052J
Mechanical
Energy
0.052J
0.052J
0.052J
0.052J
Velocity
0m/s
4.52m/s
4.2m/s
4.52m/s
Momentum
0kgm/s
0.23kgm/s
0.21kgm/s
0.02kgm/s
Velocityof
AtRestMarble
(0.0051kg)
AfterCollision
2.26m/s
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DetailedRoller
CoasterAnalysis
(x2)
Yourdetailedanalysisis
fullycomplete,including
allwork,whichis
errorfree.Youranalysis
indicatesthatyouhave
masteredtheconcepts
relevanttothelab.
Youranalysisis
completebutmay
containsomeerrors.
Youranalysisindicates
thatyouhave
understoodmostofthe
conceptsrelevantto
thelab.
Youranalysismaybe
missingafewentriesor
containseveralerrors.
Youmayhaveleftout
portionsofwork.Your
analysisindicatesthat
youunderstoodsomethe
conceptsrelevanttothe
lab.
Youranalysisdoesnot
yetshowthatyou
understandthe
conceptsrelevantto
thelab.
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Successof
RollerCoaster
Largeandsmallmarble
bothmadeitfromstartto
finish.
Eitherthelargeorthe
smallmarblemadeit
fromstarttofinish,but
theotherdidnot.
Themarbleswereclose
tomakingthroughthe
coasterbutneverdid.
Themarbleswerenot
yetclosetomakingit
throughtheroller
coaster.
DesignofRoller
Coaster
Rollercoasteris
constructedtomeet
designchallenge.Roller
coastergoesaboveand
beyond,exhibiting
creativityand
thoughtfulness.
Rollercoasteris
constructedtomeet
designchallenge.
Rollercoasteriswell
designedbutdoesnot
seeminlinewithdesign
challenge.
Rollercoasterdesign
needssignificant
improvement.
28.5/30Greatwork,Fidaa!