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Heat transfer & Energy Projects

Heat Transfer

Personal Rocket

finished rocket, 3' tall with 3'' diameter

parachute deployed successfully

Personal rocket

Energy Efficient Car Project

Competition rules

  • The car needs to be actuated with a capacitor to start

  • The car needs to carry 500g weight

  • The maximum height for using potential energy is 20cm

  • Using the least amount of energy to drive the car with the weight the furthest wins the competition

  • Each team has 3 attempts

Results and methods

  • Won the first place

  • Wrote our equation of motion for our car

  • Used MATLAB to calculate the optimal diameter of the wheel, potential energy, electrical energy

  • Used ball bearing to reduce the friction

  • Used popsicle stick to reduce weight of the car

Energy Efficient car
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