Physics Experiment Help

[New_U.S.]

Hey, I need to make an experiment for physics. I can test whatever I want. Yet the problem is, I can't think of anything that I want to test. Ideas? I've got plenty of time to do the testing, so times not an issue. Please don't suggest things that will cost a ton.

Thx :thup:

 

[UndeadDragon]

Is there any specific subject in physics that you are doing? Electricity, space, motion, etc?

 

[New_U.S.]

You can pick anything.

 

[BANANAMAN]

test explosives.

 

[Wiseman_2]

test explosives.

This.

Or, if you want something a little less dangerous, you could try catapults. Scale models of Ballistae or Trebuchet or something, test their various maximum launch distances and what-have-you.

 

[Nenad]

If there's an archery range nearby you can test the pull strength/speed of arrows xD

 

[Samael88]

You could also just play around with forces if you want^^

Just take some balls of different size and prefferably of different material and roll them on the floor towards each other and document the relationship between the weight, density and the speed of which they roll when they collide

 

[Varine]

Can you supercool a magnet or something? Or a strobe light and swing a rope around or something. Or you can be like me, and get dry ice the day before it's due and say you burned yourself and get another few days to work on it.

 

[13lade619]

Mini Maglev Trains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_train

i always wanted to do that.. but i dont have time/resources...

 

[Varine]

oooo make a Gauss gun!

 

[Monsterous]

Well since times not a problem, i suggest creating a hadron collider.

But for the more... smaller end of projects, i guess you could make a Rube Goldberg contraption utilizing the forces of physics somehow

 

[New_U.S.]

Geez, you guys went all out on these ideas.

And I was about to just test the affective range & blast radius of my shotgun...

High school physics can only take you so far

 

[Varine]

I like my Gauss idea. All you need to do is make a wood or plastic track, get some neodymium magnets, and steel ball bearings. If you set up a few of them you can set up a series of chain reactions that make it go faster. Just be sure that no one is in front of it because they hurt sometimes.

 

[Samael88]

Or you could build a railgun^^ The basic idea is that you have two rails connected to each pole on electric storage device(battery) and then you put the projectile in the middle so that it barely fits, this will force the current through the projectile and makes the rails have different magnetic poles thus pushing the projectile fortward. The longer the rails the faster the projectile goes:thup:

 

[ReVolver]

This.

 

[Whitesock]

This.

Oh snap. First class lever FTW.

 

[Cornface]

Build a machine that enables you to lick your own elbow.

Or just do some googling?
http://physics-animations.com/Physics/English/top10.htm
http://www.practicalphysics.org/
http://physics.about.com/od/physicsexperiments/ss/cosraydetect.htm

 

[Varine]

Oh snap. First class lever FTW.

AND he's helping Smoky prevent wildfires!

Or you could build a railgun^^ The basic idea is that you have two rails connected to each pole on electric storage device(battery) and then you put the projectile in the middle so that it barely fits, this will force the current through the projectile and makes the rails have different magnetic poles thus pushing the projectile fortward. The longer the rails the faster the projectile goes:thup:

Yeah and get electrocuted?