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| ====== Project 14: Part B: Saving the Galaxy ====== | ====== Project 14: Part B: Saving the Galaxy ====== |
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| You, Carth Orasi, are part of the Red Squadron, a group of X-Wing star fighters serving as part of the Rebel Alliance. Admiral Ackbar has tasked your group with the destruction of the Empire's galactic super-weapon: the Death Star. In order to destroy the space station, you must overload its generator. | You, Carth Orasi, are part of the Red Squadron, a group of X-Wing star fighters serving as part of the Rebel Alliance. Admiral Ackbar has tasked your group with the destruction of the Empire's galactic super-weapon: the Death Star. In order to destroy the space station, you must overload its generator. |
| The generator looks like a windmill and consists of two solid rods rotating about their center with an initial angular velocity of 2,000 rad/s. Each rod as a length of 8 m and has a mass of 2,000 kg. The generator is anchored down but is free to rotate. In order to overload the generator, it must reach an angular velocity of 10,000 rad/s. | The generator looks like a windmill and consists of two solid rods rotating about their center with an initial angular velocity of 2,000 rad/s. Each rod as a length of 8 m and has a mass of 2,000 kg. The generator is anchored down but is free to rotate. In order to overload the generator, it must reach an angular velocity of 10,000 rad/s. |
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| Your plan to overload the generator needs two X-Wing fighters. The first will shoot a solid, spherical bullet of mass 100 kg towards the generator. The second X-Wing fighter will shoot a proton torpedo. The torpedo is launched with a spring constant of 1.8x10$^{-3}$ and has a mass of 50 kg. The bullet and torpedo collide mid-air and fly towards the generator. | Your plan to overload the generator needs two X-Wing fighters. The first will shoot a solid, spherical bullet of mass 100 kg towards the generator. The second X-Wing fighter will shoot a proton torpedo. The torpedo is launched with a spring constant of 1.8x10$^{13}$ and has a mass of 50 kg. The bullet and torpedo collide mid-air and fly towards the generator. |
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| How far must the X-Wing's spring be compressed and how fast must the bullet be fired on order to destroy the Death Star? | How far must the X-Wing's spring be compressed and how fast must the bullet be fired on order to destroy the Death Star? |
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| __**Self Assessment**__ | __**Self Assessment**__ |
| For this week's in-class score, you will self assess. In this, each group member should write out a summary of this week's work focusing on both individual and group contributions. In addition, you should assign yourself a score between 0 and 4, with 4 being max for each of the categories: | For this week's in-class score, you will self assess. In this, each group member should write out a summary of this week's work focusing on both individual and group contributions. In addition, you should assign yourself a score between 0 and 100, with 100 being max for each of the categories: |
| * Group Understanding: ___ out of 4 | * Group Understanding: ___ out of 100 |
| * Group Focus: ___ out of 4 | * Group Focus: ___ out of 100 |
| * Individual Understanding: ___ out of 4 | * Individual Understanding: ___ out of 100 |
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| [[course_planning:183_projects:F16 Project 14|Fall 2016 Project 14]] | [[course_planning:183_projects:F19 Project 14|Fall 2019 Project 14]] |
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