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- What sort of canned food would roll the fastest (assuming the ramp remained constant and the can couldn't be altered)?
Hello, I'm new here so apologies if this is in the wrong place! I was wondering, hypothetically, what sort of canned food would roll the fastest (assuming the ramp remained constant and the can couldn't be altered)?
I've been looking this up and I know a solid can would roll faster than an empty one. So does that mean a can with more solid, denser food, like Spam, would roll faster than one with thin soup? But I found this lab about a Soup Can Race that says a soup of chicken broth should beat other, thicker soups. I also saw this YouTube video about viscosity which says soups with things inside, like noodles, would roll slower because of friction caused by all the material swirling around.
I don't really have a good understand of moment of inertia and how the movement of substance inside the can affects the can's rolling speed. Any help would be appreciated!
I've been looking this up and I know a solid can would roll faster than an empty one. So does that mean a can with more solid, denser food, like Spam, would roll faster than one with thin soup? But I found this lab about a Soup Can Race that says a soup of chicken broth should beat other, thicker soups. I also saw this YouTube video about viscosity which says soups with things inside, like noodles, would roll slower because of friction caused by all the material swirling around.
I don't really have a good understand of moment of inertia and how the movement of substance inside the can affects the can's rolling speed. Any help would be appreciated!