Students use a Mini Launcher to measure the range of a projectile
Figure 1: Setup for Launch from Tabletop Heightġ0 Projectile Range vs. You will need a table at least 1.5 m to 2 m long.
#PROJECTILE RANGE SOFTWARE#
1 Carbon paper (Only 1 sheet needed) SE-8693 1 550 Universal Interface UI-5001 1 PASCO Capstone software You will also need several sheets of white paper, and some type of non-marring tape, such as painter's tape. Equipment Qty Items Part Number 1 Mini Launcher ME-6825B 1 Table Clamp ME-9472 1 Large Rod Base ME-8735 1 Rod, 45 cm ME-8736 1 No-Bounce Pad SE-7347 Required, but not included: 1 Meter Stick (Only 2 needed), or Measuring Tape SE-8827, or SE-8712A. These values are then tested with a final launch. A user-defined curve fit is used to predict the maximum range and the angle at which it should occurs.
The average range is calculated for each angle, and average range vs. Launch Angle Introduction In this lab, students use a Mini Launcher to measure the range of a projectile on a horizontal surface for various angles. Launch Angle of 5 Written by Stuart Loucks Projectile Range vs. In 1 s an object falls 5 m without air resistance.10 Projectile Range vs. If the initial speed is great enough, the projectile goes into orbit. The range is larger than predicted by the range equation given earlier because the projectile has farther to fall than it would on level ground, as shown in Figure, which is based on a drawing in Newton’s Principia. If, however, the range is large, Earth curves away below the projectile and the acceleration resulting from gravity changes direction along the path. When we speak of the range of a projectile on level ground, we assume R is very small compared with the circumference of Earth. (d) Using a graphing utility, we can compare the two trajectories, which are shown in Figure. Figure illustrates the notation for displacement, where we define \mathbf In other cases we may choose a different set of axes. It is not required that we use this choice of axes it is simply convenient in the case of gravitational acceleration. (This choice of axes is the most sensible because acceleration resulting from gravity is vertical thus, there is no acceleration along the horizontal axis when air resistance is negligible.) As is customary, we call the horizontal axis the x-axis and the vertical axis the y-axis. The key to analyzing two-dimensional projectile motion is to break it into two motions: one along the horizontal axis and the other along the vertical. We discussed this fact in Displacement and Velocity Vectors, where we saw that vertical and horizontal motions are independent. The most important fact to remember here is that motions along perpendicular axes are independent and thus can be analyzed separately.
In this section, we consider two-dimensional projectile motion, and our treatment neglects the effects of air resistance. The motion of falling objects as discussed in Motion Along a Straight Line is a simple one-dimensional type of projectile motion in which there is no horizontal movement. Such objects are called projectiles and their path is called a trajectory. Some examples include meteors as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, fireworks, and the motion of any ball in sports. The applications of projectile motion in physics and engineering are numerous. Projectile motion is the motion of an object thrown or projected into the air, subject only to acceleration as a result of gravity.
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