Recent content by jrp95

Yes, I have designed a housing that is set to crush a certain distance. It is not a perfect design but I will be basing my distance value off that. I'm just mainly concerned that the deceleration model I found is actually correct for this application. Right now, this would be a linear model...

Thanks for the reply, Agreed, which surprised me when my professor called for it. However, given the scope of the class and timeframe given I am not expected to model the impact with such a high degree of accuracy. I'm focused on finding a general model, something that I can compare data to...

Hi all, Background: I'm working on a project where I am dropping an arduino with an accelerometer from ~100 ft in the air to measure it's acceleration during free fall and at impact. I need to compare my collected data with predicted models. I have the model for free fall (just 9.8m/s^2)...