Rubber Band Bungee Cord Lab

Drop washy from the jump line and have one of your groupmates mark the lowest point washy reaches.

Rubber band bungee cord lab. For the bungee cord. The goal of this lab was to determine an adjusted hook s law equation of the bungee cord by changing the hanging mass on the cord and measuring equilibrium points. Activity activity worksheet 2 8. In your experiment a block of wood or a toy doll will substitute for the jumper and a rubber band will substitute for the bungee cord.

William schirmer daniel clark section. The purpose of this lab was to discover how gravitational potential energy related to elastic potential energy or the energy stored up in the rubber band. An egg hardboiled 3. Once again use a slipknot to connect a second band to the bungee line.

Hold the band tight at the top of the yardstick and simply let barbie drop from the head down position. Lab report outline bungee lab 1 your name and your lab partner s. It can be seen that the oscillation does gradually slow down and come to a stop as it undergoes damping. Item 518169 model 117.

She should bounce a bit. Remember the band wrapped around her ankles does not count in the length of the line drop her with the two rubber bands attached to her ankles. Bungee ii lab 4 the data listed in figure 4 shows the data for the bungee cord at the length of 40 cm. Record this value in your observations.

Just as in the previous situation we took the averages of the three trials we did at each mass in order. A maximum positive acceleration corresponds to the bungee cord being extended to its maximum. Bungee cord mad of rubber bands. Create a safe bungee cord for washy.

Construct a bungee cord composed of 2 rubber bands and attach it to the band on the doll s ankles. Below is an attempt at simulating the bungee jumping scenario using a chain of rubber bands as the bungee cord and a bottle filled with water as the jumper. Eventually the acceleration is upward although the jumper is still falling. Determine the mass of the doll on the balance.

With two rubber bands now attached to washy hold the end of the rubber band with one hand at the jump line top of the measuring tape and washy with the other hand. This lab was also used to demonstrate the law of conservation of energy. Working as if they are engineers for a hypothetical amusement park students are challenged to develop a show stopping bungee jumping ride that is safe. Smartstraps 10 pack assorted length bungee cord.