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Using Air to Launch a Projectile

CSEF · 2002 Physics & Astronomy

Andrew P.C. Gustafson · Leigh High School, San Jose

Overview

Objectives/Goals There are several main principle objectives in this experiment. The main principle was to find if the distance the air cannon would shoot was proportional to the air pressure within the cannon. I concluded that the pressure is not directly proportional to the pressure within the cannon, in the ending of my experiment. Even though the pressure increases and the distance of the projectile increases, it is not directly proportional. I found that air resistance and the friction it had on the projectile had a huge role in the outcome of the distance the projectile went.

Summary statement

I determined whether pressure was directly proportional to pressure when I launched a projectile using air.

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Competition history

  • CSEF 2002 Physics & Astronomy · Entry S1510

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