Egg Drop Write up

1. The physics involved in dropping the egg was the force of gravity, which is 9.8 meters per second. There was the acceleration on gravity when the egg fell from the third floor. There was going to be a sudden stop of momentum at the end. When falling there was friction in the air, which reduced the velocity of our system during the fall. Air friction depends on surface area and wind. Our egg wouldn't break because the 3 layers of padding was able to cushion the impact. We also had air between the layers in zip lock bags to increase the impact time. Increasing the impact time helps relieve the impact and do less damage to the egg.

2. When our capsule and egg made impact with the ground, many forces acted upon it. The force of gravity made it accelerate to the ground and make impact. The force of the ground during impact which was the cause of damage. The egg felt less force because the layers and air inside the capsule was able to increase the impact time and decrease the force put on the egg.

3. Our egg was able to survive. There were no cracks in our egg and it stayed healthy. Our designed was successful because we made it to increase impact time. Our capsule had a large surface area so it would be slightly slower because of air friction. Also, in the layer of zip lock bags, we kept air in to be released on impact to increase the impact time. The last design we did to help keep the egg in tact was wrapping the egg and bags in shirts. The shirts would have a little bit of air inside. When it would make impact with the ground, the air would increase the impact time. All these designs increasing the impact time helped keep our egg from breaking.


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