College Level Amusement Park Physics

大学水平游乐园物理

• 批准号: 9850683
• 负责人: David Chandler
• 金额: $ 1.29万
• 依托单位: Porterville College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-10-01 至 2001-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9850683&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: College; Level; Amusement; Park; Physics

We propose to enhance the utility of "Amusement Park Physics" events for physics instruction by collecting high resolution inertial data from a large variery of popular and interesting rides using a data acquisition system with sensors for three axes each of acceleration and rotation. The data will be processed and displayed by multimedia software to be written in Java to allow cross-platform and intenet usage. The displays will include an animated re-creation of the ride with vector diagiams attached to the moving cart, bar graphs showing scalar quantities such as potential and kinetic energy, and a synchronized video display. The program and data will be published on CD ROM with accompanying printed supplementary text. Also smaller related applets will be made available at the Porterville College web site. Access to the detailed inertial data for real roller coasters makes many physical phenomena accessible to investigation that would otherwise be subject to little more than speculation. This powerful tool allows classes to return from an amusement park event and continue the discovery process over the following weeks. During the initial phases, the program and data will be tested and evaluated in the physics, physical science, and calculus classes at Porterville College and in classes at the two local high schools.

我们建议，以提高实用程序的“游乐园物理”事件的物理教学收集高分辨率的惯性数据，从一个大的各种各样的流行和有趣的游乐设施使用的数据采集系统与传感器的三个轴的加速度和旋转。 这些数据将由Java编写的多媒体软件处理和显示，以便跨平台和互联网使用。显示器将包括一个动画再现的乘坐与矢量diagiams连接到移动车，条形图显示标量，如潜在的和动能，和一个同步的视频显示。 程序和数据将在CD ROM上发布，并附带打印的补充文本。 此外，较小的相关小程序将提供在波特维尔学院的网站。 获得真实的过山车的详细惯性数据，使得许多物理现象可以进行研究，否则这些现象只会受到猜测的影响。这个强大的工具允许类从游乐园事件返回，并在接下来的几周内继续发现过程。 在初始阶段，程序和数据将在波特维尔学院的物理、物理科学和微积分课程以及当地两所高中的课程中进行测试和评估。