Bungee

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Bungee Jumping
Kelsey and Kenny
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Presentation Topics

• The Empire State Building
• Bungee Jumping
• Stella Model
• Verification and Validation
• Graphs

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The Empire State Building

• 1,250 ft Tall
• Located on 5th Avenue
• 102 stories
• Built in 1931
• Featured in King Kong

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Bungee Jumping

• Very Safe
• Longest Jump- 3,320 ft.
• Places to Jump-
• Bridges
• NOT Buildings

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Bungee Cords
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Stella Model
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Force Diagram
Acceleration Gravity - Acc due to Cord Acc
due to Drag
Acc due to Drag
Acc due to Cord
Jumper
Gravity
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Acc_due_to_Cord if (Height-Cord_Length-Jumper_H
eight gt 0)then(Stretch_of_Cord_k ( Height -
Cord_Length- Jumper_Height )/ Weight)
Equations
Gravity 9.8 m/s
Air Resistance Cd x R x V2/2 x A
Resistance drag coefficient x air density x
velocity squared / 2 x reference area
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Verification and Validation
100 Pounds
200 Pounds
200m Cord 60m Difference in 1st drop
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Graph A
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References

• Case study on Bungee Jumping
• www.grc.nasa.gov/
• Google Image Search