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The Inefficient Engine. By Adam Lindsey Nick Casamatta Dustin Mount. The Group. Introduction. The project’s goal was to lift a 1 kilogram mass to a height of 1 meter. The “engine” is made mostly of parts the group had at home or from scraps . Few items actually needed to be purchased.
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The Inefficient Engine By Adam Lindsey Nick Casamatta Dustin Mount
Introduction • The project’s goal was to lift a 1 kilogram mass to a height of 1 meter. • The “engine” is made mostly of parts the group had at home or from scraps. • Few items actually needed to be purchased
Overview • We first send a pool ball attached to a piece of string through a PVC pipe. As the ball exits the pipe it pulls with it a piece of wood that was stopping a toy car. The toy car then travels down another PVC pipe and engages a path of dominoes. • The dominoes set off a mouse trap which in turn pulls the support out from under a tower that holds our counter-weight. The counter-weight falls thus lifting the mass to the correct height.
Energy Conversions • Ball • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy • Car • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy • Dominoes • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy • Mousetrap • Spring Potential Energy to Rotational Kinetic Energy • Counter-weight • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
Conclusion • Overall was a fairly simple design incorporating many separate pieces • We encountered a few problems such as: • The dominoes fell in a very inconsistent manner • Our counter-weight kept hitting the moving mass