The Matchbox Project
Team Members:
Mankaran Sawhney
Jer McClain
Alan Hancock
Christian Allen
Introduction
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The goal of our project is to create a
contraption that encases a miniature
toy car in a box
The cost of materials is estimated to
build the device is estimated to be
around 15 dollars
Overview
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The first leg of our project consists of a
car going on a track into a “elevator”
The car then descends down with the
“elevator” which then will lead into
another track
The car then lands into a box that upon
collision is rigged to close the box
The Contraption
Energy Conversions
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Car
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Kinetic Energy to Gravitational Potential
Energy/Inelastic Collision
Gravitational Potential Energy/Inelastic
Collision to Kinetic Energy
Kinetic Energy to an Inelastic Collision
Bumps in the Road
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The challenges in this project included
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The proper alignment of the initial track
and the elevator
Distribution of weight on the elevator when
descending down from one track to the
next
Conclusion
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What we have gained from this project
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Learning how to incorporate EF principals
into design
Understanding the process that an
engineer goes through in a real world
project
Finding out how to have fun in EF 151