Rubber Band Stretching

Abstract

The goal of our research was to determine the effect the vertical stretch of a rubber band has on its horizontal stretch when struck by a BB. We hypothesized that greater vertical stretch would result in less horizontal stretch. To test this we positioned our rubber band vertically, shot it with a BB gun, and captured the action using the Motion Scope 8000S. We used Tracker software to determine the maximum amount of horizontal stretch for each trial. We were unable to determine a relationship between vertical and horizontal stretch. Variables such as switching the rubber band caused too much variation in our data, leading to skewed.

	Experimental Method See how we performed our experiment.
	Photo Journal See our setup and how the completed our project from beginning to end.
	Video Gallery Check out the high speed video clips of each trial as the rubber band is hit by a BB.

NCSSM Department of High Speed Imaging