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The Engineers: Roller Coaster Project

Join Team Shananigans as they construct a roller coaster with materials from hardware stores and scraps. The roller coaster guides a marble through PVC pipes, funnels, and energy conversions. Witness the process and outcome of this engaging project by future engineers.

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The Engineers: Roller Coaster Project

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  1. TEAM SHANANIGANS Ben Hemphill Leslie Roberts Ryan Burnett Cori Crenshaw Austen Webber

  2. The Engineers:

  3. Introduction • Our teams goal was to construct a roller coaster that would have a 15 second ride. • Our materials were found at Ace Hardware, Lowes, and scraps in the Estabrook work room. • We bought 2 funnels, screws, a marble, and wood.

  4. What Happens? • The marble is released into a series of PVC pipes before falling into a shorter PVC pipe. This leads into a funnel where it spins and falls into the a final PVC pipe. Ultimately, the ball rolls into a final funnel and spins through it resulting in the marble landing on the ground.

  5. Energy Conversion Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy mgh=0.5mv2 9.81m/s2*.4572m=0.5v2 V=3m/s At the end of each pipe 9.81m/s2*0.0381m=0.5v2 V=.865m/s

  6. Conclusion • Over all, we spent 4-5 hours building the actual project. • Another 4-5 hours were spent on the paper, calculations, and preparation for this presentation. • Our group consisted of 5 future engineers.

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