Acceleration and Force

In the following lab, my group and I conducted experiments with an accelerometer, which tracked acceleration, and force. The following are discussion questions meant to generate a collaborate learning experience.

How do the x, y, and z accelleration vary over time? Why?
     They accelerate because of your arm movements while running, and the slow to fast diffrences you encounter by picking up and moving your feet rapidly.

What happens to force over time?
     It goes up and down, peaking and dropping suddenly, because of the change in force as you run.

This shows my running results.

Explain the relationship between force and accuracy in your data.
     Force and the z accuracy seem close, the x accuracy is a bit lower then z, and y appears to b the most unchanging, it has the milder results.

These are Phillips results.

Compare results.
     Phillips results, the second set, his results are more jagged because he ran faster, where as my results were smaller.

The next section is our results from hopping, and after, skipping.

How do the x,y, and z acceleration vary over time?
     Because of the change in motion, the data jumps around. The graphs reflect the motion gather by the accelerometer.

What happens to force over time?
     It too mirrored the motion, graphing the power.

These are the hopping results.

Explain the relationship between force and accuracy.
    They are similar, because when the accelerometer jerks and tracks acceleration, it also tracks the force of movement.

Compare and contrast.
      Skipping was much smoother, due to no abrupt motions. Hopping shifted suddenly, up-down-up-down.

These are the skipping results.

                                                                       

In conclusion, it was a successful experiment. The class learned how to use an accelerometer, and we all learned a bit more about force and acceleration.