FidaaJanoudi

BACSRollerCoasterEngineers
BlackstoneAcademyCharterSchool
334PleasantSt.
Pawtucket,RI02860

SixFlagsTinyTown
123CoasterCt.
TinyTown,USA

ToWhomItMayConcern:

SixFlagsTinyTownhascalledforourhelpandmypartnerandIarewillingtoofferour
engineeringhands.Foranewrollercoaster,mypartnerandIchosetochallengeourselvesby
tryingtomakethehighestinstantaneousspeed.Thismeansthatwehavetostartoffwithareally
hightotalmechanicalenergybecauseatthatpointthepotentialenergywouldbeatitshighest.
Thatmeansthataspotentialenergyslowlychangesintokineticenergy,weknowforsurethat
ourcartcanhavehighinstantaneousspeedasitdropsanditwillhaveenoughenergytogoup
hillsandlooparound.Wearedesigningtherollercoastertostartwithareallyhighdropand
maybeevenloopthetrackafterthatwithaconcludingsmallerdrop.Webelievethatthehigh
dropwillcreateareallyhighinstantaneousspeed.Webelievethatwecouldmeetthischallenge.

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Introduction
Letter

Yourintroduction
introducesandfully
justifiesyourapproach
totheengineering
designchallengeyou
chose.Youintroduce
generalspecificationsfor
yourrollercoaster.

Yourintroduction
justifiesyourapproach
totheengineering
challengeyouchose
butitmaynotbefully
explained.You
introducerollercoaster
specifications

Yourintroduction
attemptstojustifyyour
approachbutcontains
misconceptions.You
introducerollercoaster
specificationsbutmaybe
missingoneortwo.

Yourintroductionlacks
significantdetail,and/or
containssubstantial
errorsor
misunderstandings.

RollerCoasterSpecifications

RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Calculated):4.52m/s
RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Experimental):3.25m/s
RollerCoastersGreatestDrop:105cm
NumberofLoops:1
AverageVelocity:1.95m/s

GraphofExperimentalTopSpeed

MypartnerandImadethisgraphbyusingaphysicsapponaniPadandtakingavideoof
therollercoasterinaction.Wewereabletousethevideowetookandcutitintoframessothat
wecouldcalculatehowlongittookthecarttotravelfromonepointtoanotheroverunitoftime.
Thishelpedusdetermineourtopspeedbylookingatthegraphbecausethepointatwhichthe
cartwentatitsgreatestinstantaneousspeedhappenedatxseconds.Wealsonotedthatinthis
specificgraph,wetookvelocityinrespecttotheyaxisbecauseourrollercoasterworked
verticallyratherthanhorizontally.Also,itisnegativevelocitybecausethecartismoving
towardsthegroundatitsfastestpoint.

Thereisacomparativedifferencebetweentheexperimentaltopspeedandthetopspeed
mypartnerandIcalculatedbecauseexperimentallythereissomuchmoreroomforerror.We
couldhavefilmedtherollercoasterataninaccurateangle,orsetupaninaccuratescale,oreven

filmeditatthewrongsecond.Whereascalculatingthetopspeedusingtheenergyformulasfelt
somuchmoreaccuratebecauseitwasallbasedoffofthemechanicalenergytherollercoaster
startedoffwith.Theonlyroomforerrorinthisprocessismiscalculations,otherwiseitwouldbe
somuchmoreaccuratethanavideo.

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RollerCoaster
Specifications

Allspecificationsare
present,andworkis
errorfree.You
determinedthe
experimentalvalueof
thetopspeed(usingthe
ipad)andexplainedhow
youdidsoandwhatthe
graphmeans.

Allspecificationsare
present,thoughthere
maybeminorerrors.
Topspeediscopied
fromcalculationslater
inreportorisnot
explained.

Youmaybemissingone
specificationorhave
multipleerrors.

Multiplespecifications
aremissing.

RollerCoasterDesign
Thisisanimageoftheactualrollercoaster.

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RollerCoaster
Plan/Drawing

Drawingisclear,with4
pointslabeledcorrectly.

Drawingisclear,with3
pointslabeledcorrectly.

Drawingisclear,with2
pointslabeledcorrectly.

Drawingismissing,
unclear,orunlabeled.

DetailedRollerCoasterAnalysis:(calculations)
MarbleMass:0.0051kg

Point1,GreatestHeight
H=
1.05m

PE=mgh
PE=(.0051kg)(9.8

)(1.05m)
PE=
0.052J
(alsototalME)
KE=
0J
V=
0m/s

Point2,FastestPoint

PE=
0J
KE=
0.052J

KE=()mv
0.052J=()(.0051kg)(v)
v=
4.52m/s

ExperimentalVelocity:
3.52m/s

Point3,TopofLoop
PE=(.0051kg)(9.8
)(
.14m)
PE=
0.007J

KE=0.052J0.007J
KE=
0.045J

KE=()mv
0.045J=()(.0051kg)(v)
v=
4.2m/s

Point4,CollisionPoint
PE=
0J
KE=
0.052J

KE=()mv
0.052J=()(.0051kg)(v)
v=
4.52m/s

Collision:

P=mv
P=(.0051kg)(4.52m/s)
P=
0.02kgm/s

v=
2.26m/s

Point1:
GreatestHeight

Point2:
GreatestSpeed

Point3:
TopofaLoop

Point4:Flat
Pointfor
Collision

Height

1.05m

0m

0.14m

0m

PotentialEnergy 0.052J

0J

0.007J

0J

KineticEnergy

0J

0.052J

0.045J

0.052J

Mechanical
Energy

0.052J

0.052J

0.052J

0.052J

Velocity

0m/s

4.52m/s

4.2m/s

4.52m/s

Momentum

0kgm/s

0.23kgm/s

0.21kgm/s

0.02kgm/s

Velocityof
AtRestMarble
(0.0051kg)
AfterCollision

2.26m/s

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DetailedRoller
CoasterAnalysis
(x2)

Yourdetailedanalysisis
fullycomplete,including
allwork,whichis
errorfree.Youranalysis
indicatesthatyouhave
masteredtheconcepts
relevanttothelab.

Youranalysisis
completebutmay
containsomeerrors.
Youranalysisindicates
thatyouhave
understoodmostofthe
conceptsrelevantto
thelab.

Youranalysismaybe
missingafewentriesor
containseveralerrors.
Youmayhaveleftout
portionsofwork.Your
analysisindicatesthat
youunderstoodsomethe
conceptsrelevanttothe
lab.

Youranalysisdoesnot
yetshowthatyou
understandthe
conceptsrelevantto
thelab.

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Successof
RollerCoaster

Largeandsmallmarble
bothmadeitfromstartto
finish.

Eitherthelargeorthe
smallmarblemadeit
fromstarttofinish,but
theotherdidnot.

Themarbleswereclose
tomakingthroughthe
coasterbutneverdid.

Themarbleswerenot
yetclosetomakingit
throughtheroller
coaster.

DesignofRoller
Coaster

Rollercoasteris
constructedtomeet
designchallenge.Roller
coastergoesaboveand
beyond,exhibiting
creativityand
thoughtfulness.

Rollercoasteris
constructedtomeet
designchallenge.

Rollercoasteriswell
designedbutdoesnot
seeminlinewithdesign
challenge.

Rollercoasterdesign
needssignificant
improvement.

28.5/30Greatwork,Fidaa!