Egg Lab Essay

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Egg Drop Lab Report Objective: The purpose of the project is to understand how impact and impulse will affect an object, in this case an egg. We will have to design a box that will keep an egg from breaking when we drop it from three different lengths. I think that with the design that I was able to come up with my egg will not break from either of the three designated heights. Materials: • Container (5inches×3inches×3inches) • Plastic bag • Twinkies • Egg • Tape Diagram: Design Proposal: The way that I designed my container for the egg drop will efficiently prevent the egg from breaking because of the materials. I chose to create a layer of air using a paper bag so that the egg would technically not hit the ground. Also because I thought it would give more room to absorb the impact from the crash when it landed. I chose to use Twinkies to cushion the egg because they are soft and will keep the egg in one spot. This would be helpful because the egg wouldn’t accidentally hit a spot where it would be unprotected. With the design of my container I think it will protect the egg from most of the impact. Although I think that with the weight of the box the impact will be harder. The weight of the container will also decrease the time. With a decrease of time it will increase the impact of the box. Even with those two factors I still believe that the egg will survive because of the way I designed it. Results: Table 1 Trial Mass (Grams) Height (m) Avg. Time (sec) Observations 1 162 g 1.7 m 0.26 s Small dent 2 162 g 3.2 m 0.68 s Corner is very dented 3 162 g 5.4 m 0.79 s Nothing new Analysis: Table 2 Trial Impact (VF=a×t) Impact (VF2=2a∆Y) Impulse (F∆t=∆P) 1 2.548 m∕s 5.8 m∕s 22.31 m/s 2 6.664 m∕s 7.92 m∕s 11.64 m/s 3 7.742 m∕s 10.29 m∕s 13.03 m/s Examples: 1.) VF=a×t a= -9.8 m/s2 t= .48 s

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