team shananigans ben hemphill leslie roberts ryan burnett cori crenshaw austen webber

TEAM SHANANIGANSBen HemphillLeslie RobertsRyan Burnett

Cori CrenshawAusten Webber

The Engineers:

Introduction• Our teams goal was to construct a roller

coaster that would have a 15 second ride.• Our materials were found at Ace Hardware,

Lowes, and scraps in the Estabrook work room.

• We bought 2 funnels, screws, a marble, and wood.

What Happens?• The marble is released into a series of PVC

pipes before falling into a shorter PVC pipe. This leads into a funnel where it spins and falls into the a final PVC pipe. Ultimately, the ball rolls into a final funnel and spins through it resulting in the marble landing on the ground.

Energy Conversion

Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energymgh=0.5mv2

9.81m/s2*.4572m=0.5v2

V=3m/sAt the end of each pipe9.81m/s2*0.0381m=0.5v2

V=.865m/s

Conclusion• Over all, we spent 4-5 hours building the

actual project.• Another 4-5 hours were spent on the paper,

calculations, and preparation for this presentation.

• Our group consisted of 5 future engineers.