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View SchemaAcoustic measurement of potato cannon velocity
| Authors | Michael Courtney, Amy Courtney |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0612118 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612118 |
| DOI | 10.1119/1.2798362 |
| Journal | The Physics Teacher -- November 2007 -- Volume 45, Issue 8, pp. 496-497 |
Abstract
This article describes measurement of potato cannon velocity with a digitized microphone signal. A microphone is attached to the potato cannon muzzle and a potato is fired at an aluminum target about 10 m away. The potato's flight time can be determined from the acoustic waveform by subtracting the time in the barrel and time for sound to return from the target. The potato velocity is simply the flight distance divided by the flight time.
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