Using
a simple pendulum experiment similar to the one done in Physics 211
lab, the ISB Journal of Physics was able to
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http://www.isb.ac.th/HS/JoP/vol2iss2/Papers/Paintball.pdf
find the relationship between the velocity of a paintball to the
distance travelled. By changing distances between the fired range and
using a combination of video analyzing software, and were able to
calculate the maximum velocity of the paintball by
measuring the distance of horizontal motion of the pendulum. Throughout
this experiment, there was an inverse relationship between velocity and
distance. The farther the distance, the lower the velocity of the
paintball travelling through the air.
After estimating and calculating the drag coefficient, the average
muzzle velocity was then found in the experiment.
It should be known that through this experiment the force due to
gravity was neglected because it was only analyzed in the horizontal
motion. Vertical displacement since it was related to the horizontal
distance, was calculated from the horizontal displacement.
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