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Rube Goldberg Machine. Team #5 Brent Beatty, Rosie West, George Wheeler, Htun Win and Nia Zacharia. Rube Goldberg’s “Inventions”.
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Rube Goldberg Machine Team #5 Brent Beatty, Rosie West, George Wheeler, Htun Win and Nia Zacharia
Rube Goldberg’s “Inventions” Rube Goldberg drew his "Inventions" in order to satirize the new technology and gadgets of the day. His drawings, using simple household items, were incredibly complex and wacky, yet somehow (perhaps it was because Rube was a graduate engineer) the "Inventions" always finished their task.
Rube Goldberg Machine Named after, and inspired by the cartoonist Reuben Lucius Goldberg, a Rube Goldberg Machine brings the ideas of the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist’s "Invention" cartoons to life.
Our Rube Goldberg Machine Turns off an alarm clock through the use of… Springs Work-Energy Projectile Motion Angular Momentum Friction
Our Rube Goldberg Machine • Release ball and cart • The ball releases a weight that turns on the motor • The motor spins and triggers both ball launcher and spring • The spring turns of motor • Ball launcher turns off alarm
Work-Energy Using the work-energy equation… mgh1 + .5mv1^2= mgh2 + .5mv2^2 Mass of ball = .20/32.2 slugs or .0907 kg Mass of cart = 4.23/32.2 slugs or 1.98 kg h1 = 1.98 ft or .604 m h2 = 1.46 ft or .445 m Since both the ball and the cart are initially at rest… Note: The ball will finish just before the cart in our machine!!! mgh1 = mgh2 + .5mv^2 The velocity of the ball is 5.81 ft/s or 1.77 m/s. The velocity of the cart is 5.81 ft/s or 1.77 m/s.
Springs The spring constant k was determined to be 7.74 in-lb. If a force F of 26.0 lbs is required to turn off the motor, and the motor is located 20.5 inches above the uncompressed spring, how many inches must the spring be compressed? Use the following equation… .5kx^2 = mgh + F where m = .160/32.2 slugs The spring must be compressed 2.75 inches.
Other Ideas Considered… • Rube Goldberg Machine: sinking a boat, raising a flag • Catapult