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I'm in Grade 11 taking my first course ever in physics (physics 11 :P). My teacher recently assigned a project. For this project I basically have to analyze the motion of an object with regard to displacement, velocity, work, force, power and energy either generated or put into the object.
So I have use the material I have used so far in class to do this project. My teacher has some suggestions like kicking a soccer ball, hammering a nail.
I was thinking about showing how effective aerodynamics are in a car by comparing different velocities, times using my Xbox360 game - PGR3. I was going to show that good aerodynamics could make a less powerful car go faster than a more powerful car over a long straight distance. Problem is the two cars I was going to use in the game don't really help me prove that. The car with the more advanced aerodyanmics has more horsepower than the car that has less advanced aerodynamics, yet the less advanced car goes faster off the start. No idea why that is, maybe because it's a game?
Anyway, I'm having problems with coming up with ideas and I would really appreciate any suggestions on what I can do for my physics project.
-Jay
So I have use the material I have used so far in class to do this project. My teacher has some suggestions like kicking a soccer ball, hammering a nail.
I was thinking about showing how effective aerodynamics are in a car by comparing different velocities, times using my Xbox360 game - PGR3. I was going to show that good aerodynamics could make a less powerful car go faster than a more powerful car over a long straight distance. Problem is the two cars I was going to use in the game don't really help me prove that. The car with the more advanced aerodyanmics has more horsepower than the car that has less advanced aerodynamics, yet the less advanced car goes faster off the start. No idea why that is, maybe because it's a game?
Anyway, I'm having problems with coming up with ideas and I would really appreciate any suggestions on what I can do for my physics project.
-Jay