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RoadTestingAnotheraspectofautomotiveengineeringisnotonlyevaluatingtheperformanceratingofacar,butalsofindinghowyourcarwillperformintherealworld,thisiscalledroadtesting.
Directions: Usingyourballooncar,youwilltesttoseehowfastyourcarwillupandinclinewhich willsimulatetheroadconditionsintherealworld,inthiscaseahill.Makechangesto yourcarasneededandonceready,recordthreetrialsofyourcartravelingonalevel surface,upaslightincline,mediumincline,andfinallyasevereincline.
Speedofcaronlevelsurface(baselineorcontrolexperiment)
Trial Number Time (X-Axis) Distance (Y-Axis) 1 2 3
AVERAGE
Graphyourresultsbelow: Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighestspeed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledbyyourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
Speedtravelingonaslightincline
Trial Number Time (X-Axis) Distance (Y-Axis) 1 2 3
AVERAGE
Graphyourresultsbelow: Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighestspeed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledbyyourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
Speedtravelingonamediumincline
Trial Number Time (X-Axis) Distance (Y-Axis) 1 2 3
AVERAGE
Graphyourresultsbelow: Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighestspeed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledbyyourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
SpeedTravelingupasevereincline
Trial Number Time (X-Axis) Distance (Y-Axis) 1 2 3
AVERAGE
Graphyourresultsbelow: Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe averageaswell.
Wheredidyourcarhavetheleastamountofkineticenergy?Themostkineticenergy?
Wheredidyourcarhavetheleastamountofpotentialenergy?Themostpotentialenergy?
Diagramtheinclinewiththepointofmostkineticenergyandmostpotentialenergy.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighestspeed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledbyyourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?