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Impulse and Crumple Zones: Applying Safety in Automobile Design

Explore the factors and designs considered by automobile designers and engineers when creating crumple zones, and understand the concept of impulse in collisions through lab experiments and video analysis. Improve safety knowledge and design effectiveness.

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Impulse and Crumple Zones: Applying Safety in Automobile Design

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  1. Day 3 – Impulse Mr. Lambert Integrated Science 1A Trimester 1, 2014

  2. Bell Ringer • What are some of the factors that automobile designers and engineers must consider when designing a crumple zone as a safety feature? • Crumple zone – part of • the body of a car that • compresses during a • collision

  3. Agenda • Bell Ringer • Lab Activity • Impulse videos • Worksheet • Exit Slip

  4. Learning Targets On your Bell Ringer Sheet, write the following: We will apply the concept of impulse in the analysis of collisions.

  5. Lab Activity Each group will be given a cart with a block on it. Your setup will be as shown in the image to the right. Instead of 10 cm, you will stack two textbooks. Your challenge: construct a crumple zone that cushions the collision of your car so that the wooden block does not flip over. You can use tape, paper, string, and rubber bands (if available).

  6. If the challenge is too easy, add 1 or 2 more textbooks to make the ramp steeper. If the challenge is too hard, remove 1 book.

  7. Answer questions in your notebook • If you managed to complete the challenge and create a good crumple zone, what designs made it effective? • As you were trying different crumple zones, what designs were not effective? Why? • How do air bags keep us safe during collisions? Use the concept of impulse to explain why. • Explain why you bend your knees when you jump to the ground. • Helmets are designed to protect cyclists. How would the designers of helmets make use of the concept of impulse to improve their effectiveness?

  8. Impulse and Crumple Zones • http://youtu.be/yUpiV2I_IRI?t=7m37s Explain

  9. Impulse Videos Crash test • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkMCFcEkQ0w Physics of Football • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6QR0KdyTFY

  10. What is impulse? Impulse = Force x change in time Impulse is the same for a collision (as long as the mass of the object and its velocity stay the same). A smaller time means a bigger force A bigger time means a smaller force Compare falling on concrete vs. falling on grass or a bed Demo: throwing foam ball vs lacrosse ball

  11. Egg throw demonstration Time to go throw some eggs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RSUjxiZnME

  12. WARNING! ACHTUNG! Our target is LARGE. If you miss the target, you will clean the egg, you will receive an immediate referral, and this activity will end for everyone. If you think you can’t hit the target, do not throw the egg.

  13. Egg Throw • Impulse is the same for a collision (as long as the mass of the object and its velocity stay the same). • A smaller time means a bigger force • A bigger time means a smaller force • In this activity, we will apply a force to a moving egg to bring it to a stop. The egg will be moving as fast as we can throw it! • Predict: Is it possible to stop an egg without breaking it? HOW? Explore

  14. Egg Throw: Free Body Diagram Egg on the Wall Force of the Wall Egg on the Sheet Force of the Sheet Explain

  15. Exit Slip In cars built before 1970, dashboards were made of hard metal. Today, dashboards are padded. Why is it better to have a passenger hit a cushioned dashboard than a hard metal dashboard? Use the concept of impulse to answer this question.

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