Re: CBL's and Accelerometers

[Dan Burns <kilroi@LGHS.NET>]

I just purchased 2 accelerometers to use in an impulse lab. The students will
design, build, and test a bumper for a dynamics cart. The winning design will
minimize mass and volume while having the lowest acceleration when it crashes
at the end of a tilted track.

Dan Burns
Los Gatos High School

Jon Bartel wrote:

> I am currently looking for some idea's of different experiments that can
> be done using an accelerometer.  This fall I went to a workshop at the
> WAPT meeting that explained some interesting experiments with CBL's.  The
> use of acclerometers in motor vehicles was mentioned as a way to measure
> centripetal acceleration around a corner.  At the workshop there were also
> some other exciting experiments mentioned such as using an accelerometer
> on a roller coaster.  If anyone has any idea's of some other uses please
> feel free to respond.
>
> Jon Bartel
> Internet -  bartej27@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu