ROCKET

REFLECTION
GROUP 3

Tanakom Kaweewuthisinp
Nichaporn Nattawut
Witchayut Ngarmpornchai
Phatsakorn Rodphol

Miss Susana Alulod

Accelerated Physics
Mahidol University International
Demonstration School
Semester 1 Academic year 2017-2018
 ANALYSIS
The rocket did not launch well
because the pressure was leaking
out of the bottle. Thus when we
launch the rocket, the pressure
go out and the rocket cannot fly. 
When the pressure has been given into the rocket, it
leaks through the hole which is occured because we cut
the bottle on the both end and we didn’t seal it back well
enough. So the pressure can leak out and the rocket
could not be launched. 
1. Analyze your rocket's motion:
- How long was your rocket in the air?  0.1 sec
- Estimate your rocket's maximum height. Show and explain all
calculations.
   The rocket was launched with small amount of pressure as
pressure was leaking out. Therefore, our rocket flew only 0.05
meter above the ground level before it is dropped to the ground.  
Y = vt -1/2gt*t
Y = 0 - ½ * -10 * 0.1*0.1
Y = 0.05 m
- What was your rocket's maximum velocity? Show and explain
all calculations.
    The maximum velocity is when the rocker was launched with
pressure from the launching point.
Y = ut + 1/2 g t*t
0.05 = 0.1u + ½*-10*0.1*0.1
U = 1 m/s

2. What role did friction play in the performance of your rocket?

Did it aid or hinder?
    During the performance, we noticed that there is the air
resistance which is the friction found in the air. The air resistance
resist the velocity of the rocket going up, so it slow down the
rocket velocity. Therefore, the friction hinder the rocket
performance.

3. Beginning with the stored mechanical energy in the pressurized

rocket, explain the multiple transformations the energy goes
through
    First the mechanical energy is transformed to the kinetic energy
and to potential energy if we considered the launch point as the
reference point. At first, the potential energy was not existed as
we placed the rocket at the reference point. But after we added the
pressure to the rocket, the mechanical energy was transformed to
the kinetic energy as the rocket had a velocity. After the rocket
was launched, the rocket was in the air above the reference point
which mean that the rocket now had a potential energy. When the
height is above the reference point, the rocket increases the
kinetic energy and it is transformed to potential energy and at the
highest point there is no kinetic energy so the total energy now is
potential energy. But due to gravity make the rocket fall down to
the ground the potential decreases and the kinetic energy
increases until it is back to the reference point again where there
is no potential energy.

4. How did undertaking this project improve your understanding

of work and energy?
This project helped a lot in terms of understanding the
transformation of energy. Because it make us see the picture that
as the rocket is going up the kinetic energy changed to potential
energy. As the total energy should be the same when the rocket
launched we can notice that the kinetic energy decreased as the
potential increased which mean that kinetic energy is
transformed. Similar to the falling down part. The potential
is decreased as the height decreases and the kinetic increases. In
addition, this is caused by work which is the air resistance. The air
resistance decreases the kinetic energy and changing it to the
potential energy.
5. How did you feel about this project when it was first assigned?
     I thought that it was quite interesting. We never made things
like this before in this accelerated class. And this is how we can
link what we learnt in the class to what we can see in daily life.

6. How do you feel about this project now that it has concluded?
     I feel that we have fail the assignment because our rocket didn’t
performance well. It didn’t goes as height as other groups rocket.
However, we still think that this project is fun and interesting. We
learn a lot from this failure and we think that if we have a chance
to do it again it will be better.

7. What would you have done differently as you and your team
worked through this project?
     If we have a chance to do this project again we will find more
information in terms of rocket creation. We will plan the rocket
better because this model did not performance well due to the
pressure is leaking out of the bottle.